Jennings Creek fire in New York jumps containment line, residents asked to evacuate
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.
Renewed wildfire escapes containment and prompts evacuation near New York-New Jersey border
Windy conditions renewed a wildfire that escaped a containtment line and prompted emergency officials to enact a voluntary evacation plan for a small number of houses in a community near the New York-New Jersey border on Saturday.
Wildfire Grows in New Jersey and New York, Despite Modest Rainfall
The Jennings Creek fire is currently burning across 3,500 acres, officials said, and is expected to grow to over 5,000 acres.
Jennings Creek wildfire is 88% contained, New York DEC says
The Jennings Creek wildfire is now 88% contained since it started burning last week, the New York State DEC said.
Firefighters are closer to taming the wildfire that’s across the New Jersey-New York border
Firefighters are getting closer to taming a wildfire burning across the New Jersey-New York border, increasing their encirclement of the hard-to-access blaze.
Jennings Creek wildfire 88% contained in New York and New Jersey, officials say
The Jennings Creek wildfire burning on the New York-New Jersey border is now 88% contained, officials said Friday.
Jennings Creek Wildfire on NY-NJ border nearly contained
A massive wildfire burning along New Jersey’s border with New York — leaving nearby cities shrouded in a smoky smell in recent days — is nearly contained but continues to smolder. The blaze, dubbed the Jennings Creek Wildfire,
Officials give an update on wildfires burning along the New Jersey-New York border
Firefighters say they are making progress against wildfires burning in the border between New York and New Jersey.
Dozens of residents near massive wildfire burning in N.J., N.Y. asked to evacuate
About 165 homes in Warwick, New York, were placed under voluntary evacuation orders Saturday when the Jennings Creek Wildfire ...
As North Jersey wildfires are contained, responders ask public to help find hot spots
Red Flag fire warnings continued in North Jersey Saturday, Nov. 16, as responders continued to contain the Jennings Creek ...
14-year-old boy arrested for allegedly starting New Jersey forest fire
Authorities investigating the cause and origin of the Oct. 30 blaze "located evidence that identified this fire as an arson," ...
N.J. weather: Another beautiful day means elevated fire risk
Another nice weather day brings with it an elevated risk of fires spreading. The National Weather Service issued an alert ...
Fire Map Shows Update on New Jersey 'Extreme' Risks
A new map of wildfire risk in New Jersey shows the state at a high to extreme risk of fires as blazes continue.
New Jersey wildfire continues to grow despite rainfall
Rainfall did little to slow a wildfire burning on the border of New York and New Jersey on Monday, officials said, as strong ...
2 charged with setting some Northeast wildfires amid New Jersey drought warning and blazes out West
New Jersey’s governor declared a drought warning. Black Hawk helicopters scooped water from a lake to dump on a forest fire ...
Fire at abandoned home spreads, displaces 14 families in New Jersey
A fire at an abandoned home spread to neighboring houses overnight and displaced over a dozen families in Newark.