On the New Jersey side of the wildfire fight, the blaze was 75% contained as of 7:45 p.m. Thursday, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Western 'smoke jumpers' to be brought in to ...
Smoke jumpers will assist in backburning approximately 1,500 acres from Greenwood Lake to the fire tower near Sterling Lake on Friday, and from the fire tower to Long Meadow Road on Saturday.
The battle against a wildfire on the New Jersey/New York border continued Thursday, after Orange County declared a state of emergency and crews successfully held the line of fire for another night. As ...