The voluntary evacuation plan was put in place in areas affected by the Jennings Creek wildfire. Officials encouraged residents of 165 homes to move out temporarily.

Over 100 New York families were asked to evacuate due to the Jennings Creek wildfire, which has been burning from Orange County to West Milford, New Jersey for over a week.

Evacuations in Warwick, NY as the Jennings Creek fire spreads, prompting a response from the NY fire officials and a statewide burn ban.

The Jennings Creek wildfire is now 88% contained since it started burning last week, the New York State DEC said.

The Town of Tuxedo announced Thursday that "smoke jumpers," trained experts who specialize in wildfires, will be brought in from western and Midwestern states to "ramp up the attack and make a hard push to put the entire fire to its knees."

Officials asked over 100 families to evacuate after the Jennings Creek wildfire jumped a containment line in Orange County. CBS News New York's Zinnia Maldonado reports.

Some residents in the town of Warwick were asked to evacuate Saturday evening after the Jennings Creek Wildfire jumped a firebreak near Greenwood Lake and Wah-Ta-Wah Park. The village of Greenwood Lake issued a voluntary evacuation order at 8:30 p.

Residents along Edgemere Avenue and in Wah-Ta-Wah Park were encouraged to evacuate Saturday night, affecting more than 160 houses. Greenwood Lake Middle School is being utilized as a shelter. According to an update posted at 10 a.