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WARWICK, New York (WABC) — Some residents in Warwick, New York were asked to voluntarily evacuate on Saturday night after the wildfire in Greenwood Lake jumped one of the initial lines between 32 Edgemere and Wah Ta Wah Park.
The Village of Greenwood Lake said in a Facebook post that residents on Edgemere Avenue were requested to evacuate. Residents north of 42 Edgemere may evacuate by their vehicles, while residents from 32 to 42 Edgemere were being provided transportation.
The evacuation site is the Greenwood Lake Middle School at 1247 Lakes Rd. Pets are welcome at the shelter, officials said.
Residents in Wah Ta Wah were also asked to evacuate as of 9:30 p.m. Saturday. This includes homes from 32 Edgemere Ave to Emerald Point. Sylvan Park (Rumsey) was not included in this evacation.
The evacuation shelter site will be the Greenwood Lake Middle School located at 1247 Lakes Rd. Pets are welcome at the shelter.
Police and EMS units are available to assist residents leaving the area. Residents are asked to contact the Warwick Police Dept at 845-986-5000 or the Greenwood Lake Police Dept if special requests or assistance is needed in evacuating.
Officials say significant progress has been made to contain the fire, reporting that the blaze has been 75% contained on the New Jersey side.
New York State Police are assiting the Town of Warwick Police with the voluntary evacuation and the State Police Drone Unit is on scene providing aerial assessments.
Firefighters were getting closer Friday to taming a wildfire burning across the New Jersey-New York border, increasing their encirclement of the hard-to-access blaze.
The fire, named the Jennings Creek blaze, was 90% contained on the Passaic County, New Jersey, side of the border, and about 70% contained on the Orange County, New York side.
It had burned 7 1/2 square miles (19.4 square kilometers) across the two states, although New York officials said that number was likely to increase somewhat in the coming days.
Officials feared this weekend’s stronger winds could complicate efforts to bring it under complete control.
The forecast does not call for rain until Thursday, and firefighters said they will remain on the scene until significant rainfall occurs.
The fire claimed the life of an 18-year-old volunteer firefighter, Dariel Vasquez.
The fire’s cause remains under investigation.
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