For my earlier reports on the Jennings Creek Wildfire see these posts:
November 13th, 7:10 PM
Scroll down to see my early updates from this morning and the evening of November 12th.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any local media who covered today's press conference with the New Jersey Forest Fire Service and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. I am disappointed because I would of liked to share it with you. Anyway, the NJ Forest Fire Service reports in tonight's update that acreage burned in New Jersey remains at 2,283 acres, acreage burned in New York is not available from the sources I have access to. I just found an article on
NJ Advance Media (updated at 7 PM on November 13th), they are reporting that the NY side of the wildfire has burned 2,100 acres, I am mentioning this figure because in reading the updated article, it sounded like the reporters were at today's joint press conference. Containment fire-wide in New Jersey and New York has increased to fifty percent. Local road closures continue as to hiking trail closures. Threatened structures in New Jersey has decreased to two residential structures, down from ten. The number of any structures threatened on the New York side is not available from my sources. I forgot to mention yesterday that two New Jersey firefighters were injured one with smoke inhalation who was treated at a hospital and the other with an injury that was treated on site and he returned to duty.
Direct link to Facebook post from the NJ Forest Fire Service with this evening's update shown below.
November 13th, 11:10 AM
Scroll down to see my update from the evening of November 12th.
No changes in the status of the Jennings Creek from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Containment over the entire wildfire area in NJ and NY is at 30 percent. Acreage burned in New Jersey remains at 2,283 acres, information from the NY side of the wildfire is not available. Local road closures continue as do closures of hiking trails near the wildfire. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation will host a press conference at 12 PM today. I do not think it will be streamed, but I will look at local media for videos of the press conference and if I find any I will post them in a new post this evening.
Direct link to this morning's update from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service shown below.
November 12th, 6:45 PM
I watched a video of the press conference the given by the NJ Forest Fire Service and local officials on the Jennings Creek Fire. I took some notes. Due to the winds from today's red flag conditions, they NJFFS did not conduct any burn out operations, but they do have boots on the ground building line. The fire is burning in a very remote, rock, difficult to access "wilderness area". There has been progress made by NJ crews in suppressing the fire. Forty-eight apparatus from 5 counties are assisting in the fire. NJ did surveillance of the fire in the air, satellite imagery, and boots on the ground, 2,283 acres have burned in NJ, they did not have numbers for NY at the time of the press conference. You might want to check out the video of the press conference from Fox5NY (embedded below), allow about 12 minutes for the video
I also watched a 17 minute video of a press conference by NY Governor Kathy Hochul and NY officials discussing the NY side of the Jennings Creek Fire.
Direct link to video from CBS New York on YouTube
Moving on to this evenings update from the NJ Forest Fire Service. As a result of better mapping of the fire from surveillance has resulted in arriving at 2,283 acres burned in the New Jersey side (Passaic County) of the Jennings Creek Wildfire. I heard this in this afternoon's press conference. Acreage burned in the New York side (Orange County) of the wildfire is not available. Over the whole Jennings Creek Wildfire (NJ & NY), there is 30 percent containment, up from 20 percent. Two residential structures in New Jersey are threatened and eight structures in the Long Pond Ironworks Historic District are threatened, there are no evacuations. One local road is closed and hiking trails in the vicinity of the wildfire are closed. The NJ Forest Fire Service has a helicopter with a 350 gallon bucket. I think but am not certain that New York has four helicopters, I am not certain of the size of the buckets. Direct link to Facebook post from the NJ Forest Fire Service with this evening's update shown below
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