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# Breaking: FDNY On Scene Of Brush Fire Near Gerritsen Inlet Bridge
- URL: https://bklyner.com/breaking-fdny-on-scene-of-brush-fire-near-gerritsen-inlet-bridge-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2012-08-13T16:51:56.000Z
- Updated: 2012-08-13T16:51:56.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: brush fires, gerritsen creek, gerritsen inlet, #API-Imported

![](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/plumbBeach.jpg "plumbBeach")

FDNY Marine Units are underneath the Gerritsen Inlet Bridge, dousing the beach with water in an effort to quell a brush fire.

The fire broke out on the eastern bank of the waterway, across from Plumb Beach. Reader Bill W. sent us the above photo, taken at 1:00 p.m.

Brush fires remain an ongoing problem in the relatively untamed areas of Plumb Beach, Gerritsen Beach and Floyd Bennett Field. We reported in March about a [brush fire in Gerritsen](/breaking-brush-fire-in-gerritsen-beach/) that took three hours to get under control. At Floyd Bennett Field, park activists were outraged to learn that [more than half of the fire hydrants were broken](/plan-to-expand-floyd-bennett-campsites-hampered-by-bad-hydrants/) when evaluated in 2011, and say that plans to add campsites and a [natural gas pipeline in the park](/activists-jamaica-bay-pipeline-could-open-up-other-national-parks-to-industrial-use/) create a serious threat in light of potential for similar fires.

*This is a breaking news story and may contain inaccuracies. We will update it as more information becomes available. If anyone has more information or additional photos, please send them to[ tips (at) sheepsheadbites (dot) com](mailto:tips@sheepsheadbites.com).*