New York State Parks Worker Dies While Fighting Wildfire
The employee, Dariel Vasquez, was killed while fighting a fire in Sterling Forest in Greenwood Lake, N.Y., the New York State Police said in a statement late Saturday. Steve Neuhaus, the Orange County executive, said that Mr. Vasquez was helping to clear trees and shrubs, which are fuel for a fire, from a wooded area when a tree fell and hit him.
The 60-year-old Pine Island man also worked as a Code Enforcement Officer for the Village of Chester Building Department.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus led the team of state and local officials working with ...
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