U.S. Northeast faces renewed wildfire threat as some are asked to evacuate their homes

Wildfires burn along the New York and New Jersey border in Greenwood Lake, New York, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

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WEST MILFORD, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters were getting closer Friday to taming a wildfire burning across the New Jersey-New York border on Friday, increasing their encirclement of the hard-to-access blaze.

The fire, named the Jennings Creek blaze, was 90% on the Passaic County, New Jersey, side of the border, and about 70% contained on the Orange County, New York side.

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