"I thank all of them for their hard work, spending time away from their families and working tirelessly every day to keep New Yorkers safe."

The Jennings Creek Wildfire, which burned over 5,000 acres of forest in Orange County and New Jersey, is now fully contained, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.

Orange County, New York is dealing with an extended state of emergency due to the ongoing Jennings Creek wildfire​.

Smoke from the Jennings Creek wildfire will continue to be noticeable throughout the day Monday as Department of Environmental Conservation fire rangers as well as military, police and volunteer fire companies try to contain the blaze which has burned over 5,

The massive Jennings Creek wildfire is now 100% contained after more than a week of fierce firefighting. The fire started earlier this month in Passaic County, New Jersey before jumping across the border into New York. It forced people to leave their homes voluntarily and burned thousands of acres of land.

The Jennings Creek wildfire is 90 percent contained, officials announced Monday evening. Despite persisting high wind gusts, crews were able to drop buckets of water on the ridge throughout the day. The voluntary evacuation for Wah-Ta-Wah Park is over but remains in effect for 120 Edgemere south to Woods Road,

RINGWOOD, N.J. - Firefighters have made progress battling the Jennings Creek wildfire, New York State Park Police said Thursday.

NJ officials released updates on the fire spreading across the Greenwood Lake area and another that raged through the weekend in Passaic County.

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.