Jennings Creek wildfire prompts evacuations in New York
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.
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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.
Officials asked over 100 families to evacuate after the Jennings Creek wildfire jumped a containment line in Orange County. CBS News New York's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
More than 100 families in Orange County were asked to evacuate Saturday after the Jennings Creek wildfire jumped a containment line. CBS News New York's Jessi Mitchell and Vanessa Murdock report.
The Jennings Creek wildfire is now 88% contained since it started burning last week, the New York State DEC said.
A man in South Carolina is accused of threatening to kill a news reporter based in Orange County, New York.
The fire is raging in the Sterling Forest State Park. Authorities say it has been boxed in by fire lines.
Firefighters are slowly making progress in their battle against a wildfire at the border of New Jersey and New York.
The Jennings Creek blaze, which has been impacting Passaic and Orange counties, is now 30% contained, fire officials said. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service says thousands of acres have been burned and local road closures are still in place. CBS News New York's Christine Sloan reports.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the site of a deadly 5,000-acre wildfire that's burning along the New York-New Jersey border Tuesday.
The governor explained the dire conditions firefighters are facing as they try to contain the blaze, which has impacted 5,000 acres along the New York and New Jersey border in Orange County.
Authorities say the 5,000-acre Jennings Creek wildfire is 20% contained, with 10% containment in both New York and New Jersey.
The wildfire has been burning near the New York-New Jersey border for about three days. Officials are concerned about wind in the forecast.
An 18-year-old New York Parks Department employee was killed while fighting a wildfire in Passaic County, New Jersey on Saturday.
A New York forest ranger was killed battling a wildfire that is burning near Greenwood Lake in Orange County and northern New Jersey.
The Jennings Creek wildfire has been burning for days, impacting parts of West Milford, New Jersey and Greenwood Lake, New York. CBS New New York's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
Stewart Rosenwasser shot and killed himself when FBI agents arrived at his Campbell Hall home to arrest him, police sources say.
New York State Troopers fatally shot stabbing suspect Ali Ali Wednesday afternoon in Woodbury, N.Y.
Police had been searching for Ali Ali, 28, who was considered armed and dangerous following a stabbing in New York City. CBS News New York's Tony Aiello reports.
Several hundred crews have traveled to the region to help with power restoration, according to Con Edison. CBS News New York's Tony Aiello report.
The safety measure was proposed 20 years ago, but it finally became a reality in 2024. CBS News New York's Tony Aiello reports.
An emergency access gate has been installed near the site of a deadly bus crash on I-84 in Orange County.
Crews are searching the water at Greenwood Lake in Orange County for a missing person who vanished Tuesday afternoon. CBS New York's Tony Aiello reports.
A search is underway for a possible missing person in the water in Greenwood Lake in Orange County. CBS New York's Tony Aiello reports.
A vigil was held Tuesday to remember an NYPD officer killed in a crash in Orange County. Officer Juliana Torsiello, 25, was off duty when police say she lost control of her car and rolled off the road in Hamptonburgh on Friday evening.
New York State troopers said the off-duty officer appeared to have lost control of the car when it flipped over on County Road 51 in Hamptonburgh. .
