An 18-year-old New York State Forest Ranger and state employee was killed on Saturday while battling a wildfire in Orange County’s Sterling Forest, near the New York-New Jersey border. According to state police, Dariel Vasquez, a Parks and Recreation aide employed by the New York State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Department, was helping mitigate …
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