Brushfire Leads To 6-Alarm Blaze On Staten Island

Around 1:00pm local time, a brush fire broke out on Staten Island. It has quickly grown into a 6-Alarm fire, and is threatening homes and infrastructure. One home is completely engulfed in fire, and other houses are at risk of becoming ablaze as strong winds push the smoke and ash southeastward.

Here is a radar from earlier today, with the smoke plume clearly visible to the southeast of Staten Island:


Links with early reports on the fire:
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/brush_fire_on_staten_island_ca.html
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/97273/crews-battle-massive-brush-fire-on-staten-island/Default.aspx

More news on the brush fire as it develops. Fellow blogger Mark McIntyre is within three-minute walking distance from his house to the intense fires, and he will have some eyewitness information for us soon.