It was a tense week for residents near the Jennings Creek wildfire. They lived in fear the fire would take their homes.

Though much needed, the rainfall predicted for Sunday night is not going to be the answer to the massive wildfire in West Milford, state Forest Fire Service officials said. The fire has grown to 2,500 acres with 0% containment, officials said during a ...

Residents in the northern part of Wayne Township may continue to see smoke from a fire burning in West Milford, police said. The blaze, which has become known as the Jennings Creek Wildfire, stretches the New York-New Jersey border and has reached 3,

Several wildfires, including fires in Pompton Lakes and West Milford, continue to burn across New Jersey on Sunday morning.

“We're not talking a rain shower or something,” Donnelly said. “We're talking inches of rain - a nice, slow, steady rain that can penetrate the ground. Because right now, the ground is so hard that you get a heavy shower, something's just going to run off the ground.”