reporting mallory hoff is at the scene. mallory. >>reporter: joe, that fire is out. crews wrap things up as they head out after fighting this fire. look at these photos taken earlier this afternoon. the fire in east 5th street and isabella avenue. this because of dry conditions and some wind today. there's been an elevated brush fire risk this afternoon. at one point the fire was threatening the board of education bus expo. everything is okay now. the buses were not damaged in this fire. a fire boat went across the river to contain the blaze. fire crews were able to get this fire under control and eventually able to put it out. back out here, live, the cause of this fire is still under investigation. we're told in the hours ahead, these roads will be reopen as crews prepare to head out. live in bayo, mallory hoff. >>> more on the brush fire risk through the area you talked about. jeff smith in the weather center with more. >> we've had nice, dry wealth, but that's the problem. we've had nice, dry weather. 60 degrees in central park. look at the humidity levels. down

let's go right now to mallory hoff live at kennedy airport. mallory. >>reporter: lori, good morning. nypd and port authority both monitoring developments as they come n. i do want to show you here just in the last few minutes we are starting to see a little bit of an increased presence here. for the last few hours, though, it has been pretty much business as usual. port authority police say they will be stepping up security at jfk, laguardia and newark. they'll have heavy weapons and also high-visibility anti- terrorist patrols at the world trade center. there are a handful of direct leave from jfk. those flights have all been canceled. all other flights, though, are on time for now. right now we know that the nypd is monitoring the situation and any further developments. we are told to expect an increased law enforcement presence at major new york city locations, subways, major transit spots. this is, of course, out of an abundance of caution. now, the nypd has released a statement saying at this time there is no known indication that the attack has a

we want to turn to wabc mallory hoff at jfk airport right now and mallory, what are you seeing what kind of heightened security? >> reporter: well, george, just in the last few minutes we're actually seeing additional police officers here but before that it was pretty much business as usual. if you take a look you can see folks coming and going this morning. port authority police say they'll be stepping up security at jfk, laguardia and newark, they'll have heavy weapons and also high visibility anti-terrorist patrols at the world trade center. there are a handful of direct flights to brussels that do leave out of jfk, we're told those flights have all been canceled. all other flights, though, this morning are on time. right now we do know that the nypd is monitoring the situation as far as any further developments. we're told we can expect an increased law enforcement presence at major new york city locations, subways, major transit spots, we're told this is all out of an abundance of caution and i have spoken with a number of passengers here this morning. they tell me there is certainl