It was a tense week for residents near the Jennings Creek wildfire. They lived in fear the fire would take their homes.

Crews have been stationed along East Shore Road in West Milford, near the Monksville Reservoir and in the remote terrain near the New York state border to prevent the spread, said Chris Franek, an assistant division fire warden with the New Jersey Forest ...

“We're not talking a rain shower or something,” Donnelly said. “We're talking inches of rain - a nice, slow, steady rain that can penetrate the ground. Because right now, the ground is so hard that you get a heavy shower, something's just going to run off the ground.”

Water, snacks and other supplies are being collected for West Milford Fire Company 4 personnel responding to the Jennings Creek Wildfire.