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Firefighters battle to contain fires in New York

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    Nearly 150 acres get scorched by flames

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The fire scorched nearly 150.

Acres in -- heavily forested area near exit 69 of the Long Island Expressway at times coming dangerously close to homes nearby.

-- -- -- -- -- -- to evacuate and what it Ingraham my dog.

Why birth certificate and my shirt with their burden birth certificates in hand seems sleazy and John Hendrickson left.

Close to 300 homes and businesses -- weeks avenue were evacuated after several tense hours the parent weren't sure what -- see what they returned.

And are still -- You -- -- it's very scary it's you know fired there's no stopping him wondering is much it -- ground -- I I am gardens.

Is July.

Extremely dry conditions helped fuel the fire more than 35 different volunteer departments responded.

And used what's described as a firewall to protect property.

Truck to truck the truck brush truck backing up the brush truck.

Firefighters putting themselves between the wolf plane that was approaching them and it was serious at the time for the second we can run our volunteer firefighters have prevented him absolute disaster -- Unlike last -- far this one was much closer to residential neighborhoods houses I'm right here yeah -- -- what I'm I'm very thankful like maybe in Vanderbilt this evening -- -- feeling very lucky and thankful.

His newly purchased home is just across the street from where the flames were contained.

They wanted to get into the residential area over here there's a lot of woods over there so I guess they contain it really well.

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