The Jennings Creek Wildfire is now 30% contained as it burns through 2,283 acres in New Jersey alone, said the New Jersey Forest Fire Service in an update posted on Facebook at 6:30 p.m....

The Jennings Creek wildfire, burning along New Jersey’s border with New York, claimed the life of New York State parks system employee Dariel Vasquez as he fought the fire on Saturday. Since the start of the year, nearly 1,300 wildfires have burned over 11,000 acres. The average number of fires per year since the year 2000 is 1,071 wildfires ...

Interactive real-time wildfire and forest fire map for New Jersey. See current wildfires and wildfire perimeters in New Jersey using the Fire, Weather & Avalanche Wildfire Map.

The newest wildfires in New Jersey are the "Cannonball 3 Wildfire" burning in Pompton Lakes and the "Jennings Creek Wildfire" in West Milford -- both are in Passaic County. The Pompton Lakes fire ...

A wildfire fueled by drought near the New Jersey-New York border left an 18-year-old volunteer firefighter dead, burned through thousands of acres and forecasters are warning of an increased...

Thanks to a slight reprieve from the drought, rain has weakened the deadly wildfires burning in New York and New Jersey and improved air quality, but officials say threats remain.

Firefighters in New Jersey are stretched even thinner as yet another wildfire burns in bone-dry conditions in the state. At least four wildfires were burning from the Pinelands to the New York City suburbs. Smoke from a forest fire rises above the trees in Evesham, N.J. on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.

This map presents locations and perimeters of wildfires over the past seven days. The size of the flame symbols is proportional to the number of firefighters assigned to the fire; popups provide additional information.

Nov. 11, 2024. A wildfire consuming a vast stretch of hilly forest along the New York-New Jersey border continued to grow on Monday despite the first significant rainfall in nearly six weeks, fire ...