Emergency crews mobilize to fight wildfires in New York, New Jersey

As crews continue to battle a wildfire burning across New Jersey and the lower Hudson Valley, several Hudson Valley responders are mobilizing to support the effort.

Warwick Chief Jesse Dwyer said in a social media statement Monday morning that “the fire is not contained” but that rain in the area on Sunday helped slow the fire somewhat and a mandatory evacuation was in place also not in force. There are emergency services from more than 25 departments on site trying to contain the fire.

Dwyer added that East Shore Road in Warwick is for local traffic only and will have limited service on Monday, but the New Jersey portion of the road is “completely closed.” Choose an alternative route when traveling to work.”

Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger said later Monday morning that firefighters battling the Whitehouse Fire in the town of Denning “achieved 90% containment by nightfall yesterday” and that it was thanks to today’s work Teams from 18 departments on duty as well as some help from the city of Denning are the case. After it rained yesterday, “we expect significant progress towards 100 percent containment today.”

Firefighters from Columbia County and Stuyvesant Fire Company mobilized to help fight the fire. Stuyvesant Fire Company No.

The Columbia County Fire Coordinator Office said a tanker/tender was dispatched to the area of ​​the fires on Sunday and will add six additional fire engines to the fleet in the area on Monday.

On the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection’s fire danger map, Long Island, New York City and the Hudson Valley as a whole are listed in the “Medium” category, with the rest of the state in the “Low” category. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday launched “a multi-agency response” in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties and issued an air quality health alert for the NYC metropolitan area.

A state park employee died over the weekend while fighting one of several wildfires along the New York-New Jersey border.