New York issued a voluntary evacuation order over the weekend for some residents near the border with New Jersey as the Jennings Creek wildfire, fanned by gusty winds, pushed past a containment line.Residents in roughly 165 homes in two communities around Warwick,

The voluntary evacuation plan was put in place in areas affected by the Jennings Creek wildfire. Officials encouraged residents of 165 homes to move out temporarily.

Firefighters are getting closer to taming a wildfire burning across the New Jersey-New York border, increasing their encirclement of the hard-to-access blaze.

The Jennings Creek wildfire burning on the New York-New Jersey border is now 88% contained, officials said Friday.