Firefighters have made progress battling the Jennings Creek wildfire, New York State Park Police said Thursday. The fire is still raging in the Sterling Forest State Park, and has impacted thousands of acres in Passaic and Orange counties.

Containing the Jennings Creek Wildfire was always going to be an issue due to the terrain. Here is how firefighters are doing so in New Jersey.

GREENWOOD LAKE — Things didn’t get much better or worse Tuesday in the fight against the Jennings Creek Wildfire, which has now burned more than 5,000 acres in southern Orange County and northern New Jersey. Strong winds with gusts up to 30 mph ...