NEW YORK (AP) — Plumes of white smoke from multiple small brush fires went spiraling up from the northern end of New York City’s Central Park on Tuesday, and authorities said they were investigating the possibility that arson was to blame.
“We’re going to take the approach that they were intentionally set,” Fire Department spokesman Jim Long told multiple news outlets.
Firefighters responded to the park’s Northern Woods section at around 1:30 p.m. Video posted to social media showed smoke drifting above the trees over a broad area. Multiple pockets of fire were extinguished