Residents of Edgemere Avenue in Warwick, Orange County, are being encouraged to evacuate their homes Saturday after flames from the Jennings Creek wildfire, primarily located in Sterling Forest State Park, jumped containment lines and inched closer to a residential area.
Conditions caused by winds caused fire to breach its containment line Saturday night near Edgemere Avenue, New York State Park Police posted in an update to social media at around 8:30 p.m.
“Out of an abundance of caution, an evacuation plan was put into effect,” the post reads. “The voluntary evacuation is for approximately 35 houses.”…