New Jersey’s governor declared a drought warning. Black Hawk helicopters scooped water from a lake to dump on a forest fire burning in New York state.

Nov 12 (Reuters) - Strengthening winds and bone-dry conditions were hindering firefighters working to gain control of a stubborn wildfire burning in a forested stretch along the New York-New Jersey state border about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of New York City.

Brush fire reaches three alarms in New York City, the New York City Fire Department reports that no one was injured (@MarkLevineNYC/X).

A brush fire at Inwood Hill Park in Upper Manhattan broke out again overnight, but firefighters had it back under control before daybreak.

At least two brush fires broke out at an upper Manhattan park, FDNY officials said, one of which was not yet under control as of Wednesday evening.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation said the Jennings Creek brush fire was 20% contained as it entered its fifth day

Firefighters are slowly making progress in their battle against a wildfire at the border of New Jersey and New York.

For hourly updates as wildfires continue to burn throughout the region, check out the New Jersey wildfire, smoke map.

Efforts to contain the Jennings Creek Wildfire continued Wednesday with a new set of challenges on its sixth day near the New Jersey-New York border.

New York has issued a statewide burn ban, while New Jersey is on the verge of issuing a drought warning as firefighters continue to battle the now 5,000-acre wildfire on the border of the two states.