Homeless people camped out in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park may have ignited the weekend blaze that torched two wooded acres in the urban oasis, The Post has learned.
Law-enforcement sources said there are indications that vagrants staying in a remote part of the park might have accidentally sparked the flames, which later engulfed a rolling meadow known as the Nethermead.
Fire officials said Sunday that they still have no official cause of the Friday night brush blaze.
It took more than 100 firefighters to snuff out the fire, which exploded during a lengthy stretch of historically dry weather that’s left the parched landscape primed for burns.
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“It’s a very labor-intensive operation,” an FDNYrep said of efforts to contain the blaze. “It’s just this steep terrain, windy conditions. The fire can move rapidly.”