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.

A wildfire burning in northern New Jersey and across the New York state border in Orange County remained at 3,000 acres and was still just 10% contained as of Monday morning, officials said. The fire didn’t grow overnight as about a quarter-inch of rain fell,