Windy conditions have renewed a wildfire that escaped a containtment line and prompted a voluntary evacation for a small number of houses in a community near the New York-New Jersey border.
Wildfires burn along the New York and New Jersey border in Greenwood Lake, New York , Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. Wildfires burn along the New York and New Jersey border in Greenwood Lake, New York , Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. Wildfires burn along the New York and New Jersey border in Greenwood Lake, New York , Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. Wildfires burn along the New York and New Jersey border in Greenwood Lake, New York , Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
The voluntary evacuation enacted out of “an abundance of caution” impacted about 165 houses in Warwick, New York, as firefighters continued working to tame the Jennings Creek blaze, New York Parks Department spokesman Jeff Wernick said in an email Saturday night.on the Passaic County, New Jersey, side of the border, and about 70% contained in Orange County, New York, officials said.
On Saturday, Wernick said New York Army National Guard helicopters dropped 21,000 gallons of water and a New York State Police helicopter dropped nearly 900 gallons . The fire was burning primarily in Sterling Forest State Park, where the visitor center, the lakefront area at Greenwood Lake and historic furnace area remained open but woodland activities including hunting were halted, Wernick said, noting residences around the lake have not been impacted.Natural gas flares sparked 2 wildfires in North Dakota, state agency saysA National Weather Service forecast for Warwick did not call for rain until Wednesday night.
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