Greenwood Lake Forest Fire Fully Contained

By Idy Perl

After 14 days of fighting the blaze non-stop, the turn of weather has finally helped firefighters contain the largest wildfire in New York since 2008.  Following the rain and snow that hit New York over the weekend, the Jennings Creek fire in Greenwood Lake has finally been fully contained. 

In addition to the more than 1,300 firefighters from New York, New Jersey, Colorado and Montana that assisted during the fire, Governor Hochul deployed state resources to help local response teams fight the blaze. Army National Guard and State Police helicopters dropped more than 500,000 gallons of water from the air to support the efforts on the ground, and state bulldozers helped contain the fire. 

In total, 5,304 acres of land across New York and New Jersey were burned during those two weeks. 

"For two weeks, firefighting crews and staff responded from around the state to battle the Jennings Creek wildfire and today they were successful in fully containing the fire,” Governor Hochul said. “From the start, we launched a coordinated response with every available resource to help our first responders complete this mission, and could not have done this without the professional and volunteer crews that worked alongside our partners in New Jersey, and crews from Colorado and Montana. I thank all of them for their hard work, spending time away from their families and working tirelessly every day to keep New Yorkers safe."