November 11, 10:30 AM
The numbers on the Jennings Creek Wildfire are unchanged from the evening of November 10th; 3,000 acres have burned, the fire is at 10 percent containment and twenty-five structures are threatened. Some rain fell on this fire last night, not enough to extinguish the fire but the showers did provide a much needed rest for some of the wildland firefighters working this fire, crews are back on the fire today. A helicopter with a 350 gallon bucket will be working the fire today. Scroll down to see yesterday's updates and a video of yesterday's press conference. Direct link to NJFFS Facebook post shown below.
November 10th, 7:00 PM
Direct link to video from CBS 2 New York on YouTube
The Jennings Creek Fire has burned 3,000 acres in Orange County, New York and Passaic County, New Jersey. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Forest Protection and Fire Management are in unified command on this wildfire. Currently the wildfire is at 10 percent containment The wildfire started in New York on Saturday and the north wind blew the fire into New Jersey into a difficult to access area. Structure protection is ongoing. There are no evacuations at this time in either New York or New Jersey. The video from LiveNOW from Fox that I embedded above covers 14 minutes of a press conference from earlier this afternoon about the Jennings Creek Wildfire. It is worth the time to listen to if you want to learn some details about the wildfire. Direct link to NJFFS Facebook post shown below.
November 10th, 2:50 PM
I begin with the very sad news that one firefighter from the New York State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Department died on the afternoon of November 9th while working the Jennings Creek Fire in the New York side of the wildfire
Acreage burned has increased to 2,500 acres while the number of threatened structures has increased to twenty-five (from 10 yesterday). At the time of the NJ Forest Fire Service update about three hours ago, there were no evacuations. Local road and trail closures continue. A helicopter with a 350 gallon bucket is working the fire. This fire crossed the State line from Orange County, New York to Passaic County, New Jersey sometime on Saturday, November 9th. Direct link to NJFFS Facebook post shown below.
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