A state parks worker was killed Saturday while responding to a large wildfire in Orange County that originated across the border in New Jersey.

An 18-year-old employee of the New York State parks system died on Saturday while battling a forest fire in Orange County, the State Police said. It was one of several recent blazes in the New York metro area.

A teenage New York State Parks and Recreation worker died battling one of the latest in a rash of wildfires in the region.The blaze broke out in Orange County at Sterling Forest in Tuxedo on Saturday,

Authorities said the voter registration offices of Orange and Riverside counties were closed Friday after receiving a bomb threat.

Orange County’s elections office, where ballots were being counted, received a bomb threat Friday afternoon, the registrar said. Staff and members of the public who were watching ballots being tallied were evacuated from the Santa Ana building at about 6:45 p.m., Bob Page, the registrar of voters said, and everyone is safe.

Election offices in Orange and Riverside counties were evacuated after each received bomb threats. No explosives were found in either building. Both threats were sent via email, authorities said. ABC News is reporting that these same types of threats have been happening at offices across the country.