ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) — The Jennings Creek wildfire has spread nearly 100 acres further since Saturday, but the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said the fire is still about 88% contained. They also confirmed that although the fire breached a containment line Saturday night, no structures were damaged.
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According to the DEC, the fire has burned about 5,304 acres as of Sunday night. It is primarily in Sterling Forest State Park in Orange County. Crews dropped over 60,000 gallons of water onto the hot grounds on Sunday in an ongoing effort to contain the spread. A few local fire stations also joined this effort, including the Ravena Fire Department.
“The whole day we were there it reeked of smoke, every day we were smelling smoke, we saw smoke. But yea nothing we can’t handle,” said Ravena Fire Chief Kevin Phillips.
The Ravena Fire Department deployed six firefighters last Wednesday to Greenwood Lake in Orange County. Most of the firefighters said they recalled seeing and smelling heavy smoke over the two days they were there.