[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] A wildfire is burning on the side of a mountain peak in rough terrain off Route 214 near Lanesville.
(Source: Google maps)[/caption]Governor Andrew Cuomo sent state emergency personnel to the wildfire in Greene County Friday, May 8, which started May 7 and was 30 percent contained at last report. State officials say fires in Chenango, Yates, Ulster, and Sullivan counties are now 100 percent out. In Greene County, the wildfire is located near Lanesville, part of Hunter. The Department of Environmental Conservation has closed all trails in the Hunter-West Kill Wilderness area in the town of Hunter, in Greene County, until further notice due to a 60-acre forest fire. The closed trails are:
· Devil’s Path Trail
· Diamond Notch Trail
· Beckner Hollow Trail
· Hunter Mt. Trail
· Spruceton Trail
· Colonel’s Chair Trail
All campfires in the Catskill Forest Preserve are banned through May 14 due to the continued high fire danger as a result of the dry weather conditions.