U.S. Northeast faces renewed wildfire threat as some are asked to evacuate their homes

WEST MILFORD, N.J. (AP) — Windy conditions have renewed a wildfire that escaped a containment line and prompted a voluntary evacuation for a small number of houses in a community near the New York-New Jersey border. The New York Parks Department says the voluntary evacuation on Saturday impacted about 165 houses in Warwick, New York, as firefighters continued working to tame the Jennings Creek blaze. The wildfire was active in Orange County, New York, and Passaic County, New Jersey. The blaze claimed the life of a New York parks workers who was assisting firefighting crews earlier this month. The fire’s cause remains under investigation. Fires also were a threat elsewhere in the Northeast, as New England states have been under red flag alerts for wildfires this weekend.