(photo: Orange and Rockland County Fire Facebook page)
CRAGSMOOR – By late Monday afternoon, the wildfire raging through Sam’s Point Preserve had consumed some 800 acres near the Ice Caves.
The fire started on Saturday. Local and state firefighters and other first responders have been battling the flames during the daylight hours since then. More than 110 state emergency personnel are working with the locals to contain the fire. Four local EMS agencies and 17 Ulster County fire departments have been deployed as well.
Smoke could be seen rising above the Shawangunks from as far away as
Middletown.
Several smaller brush fires have been cropping up across the region in recent days, but none of the magnitude of the Sam’s Point fire.
Today’s light rain could help slow the flames.
