NEW YORK-- A brush fire at Inwood Hill Park in Upper Manhattan broke out again overnight, but firefighters had it back under control before daybreak. The FDNY said reports of smoke and flames came in just after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday from a large area inside ...

New York City firefighters are working around the clock to contain multiple wildfires in Manhattan and Queens as dry conditions continue to fuel the flames.

A massive brush fire exacerbated by the city’s ongoing drought destroyed about four acres of Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, FDNY officials said Thursday. The raging blaze, which began about 3 p.m. Wednesday, tore its way through about four acres of parkland near W. 218 St. as upper Manhattan was covered in thick grey smoke for most of the day.

The blaze in the park, at the northern tip of Manhattan, followed brush fires that burned in Brooklyn, the Bronx and New Jersey over the past week.

A brush fire broke out in a park on the northern tip of Manhattan, sending smoke billowing across New York City.

Firefighters Battle Wildfire in New York City Emergency responders worked to contain a brush fire in Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon. Advertisement NOW PLAYING 0:37 0:52 Advertise

Plumes of smoke blanketed the tip of Manhattan from the three-alarm Inwood Hill fire, fueled by bone-dry conditions and gusty winds.