New York
Renewed wildfire escapes containment and prompts evacuation near New York-New Jersey border
Windy conditions have renewed a wildfire that escaped a containment line and prompted a voluntary evacation for a small number of houses in a community near the New York-New Jersey border.
On Friday, the wildfire was 90 percent contained on the Passaic County, New Jersey, side of the border, and about 70 percent contained in Orange County, New York, officials said.
The voluntary evacuation enacted out of “an abundance of caution” impac... [1510 chars]