ALBANY, N.Y. ( NEWS10 )– Multiple fire agencies and municipalities are urging residents to refrain from calling dispatchers about the increase in smoke across the Capital Region as an approximate 422-acre brush fire continues to burn in Denning. Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger said fire suppression continued Sunday morning for the Whitehouse fire.
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Metzger said on Sunday that more than 185 firefighters and 20 agencies in Sullivan, Ulster, and Delaware Counties are working to suppress the brush fire. Officials said people should avoid the Sundown Forest and Peekamoose Road area at the Denning town line to Sundown Road, which is closed to all traffic.
The brush fire is managed by the unified command system by the Ulster County Department of Emergency Services, Sullivan County Division of Public Safety, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and the Grahamsville Fire Department.