A massive wildfire on the border of Northern New Jersey and Orange County in New York that left one young firefighter dead continued to grow Sunday night.

The blaze, known as the Jennings Creek Wildfire, had grown from 2,500 acres early Sunday to 3,000 acres as of 6:30 p.m., according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.

Although crews were able to contain 10% of it, authorities on Sunday afternoon said their efforts were hampered as the fire was inaccessible.

Two homes and eight buildings in the Long Pond Ironworks Historic District in West Milford were threatened by the fire, fire officials said. An additional 14 buildings in New York were in danger. There were currently no evacuations in place.

An 18-year-old firefighter died battling the blaze in Sterling Forest. Dariel Vasquez, a parks employee in New York, was killed Saturday in the New York section of the park, New York State Police said. His death remained under investigation.

East Shore Road is closed from Awosting Road to Greenwood Lake Turnpike and Beech Road was closed in the area of the wildfire. All trails in Long Pond Ironworks State Park and Tranquility Ridge were also closed.

The Forest Fire Service said it will remain on scene with fire engines and ground crews and a helicopter capable of dropping 350 gallons of water is on scene to assist containment efforts.

The service said on Friday that it expects smoky conditions from nearly a dozen active wildfires across the state to remain for several days.

One of the more recent fires, located in the area of Cannonball Road in Pompton Lakes, was 100% contained Sunday night after it burned through 181 acres, investigators said.

Early on in the fire fight 55 structures were threatened by the fire, however no structures were evacuated, fire officials said. All roads in the area were reopened.

The lack of rain, coupled with warm temperatures and gusty winds, has caused three counties — Atlantic County and most of Burlington and Ocean — to experience a rare “extreme” drought. Most other counties in a severe drought.

While is rain was expected overnight in New Jersey, it won’t be much with most areas expected to see between one quarter and one half inch, according to the National Weather Service Mount Holly.

Unfortunately, the precipitation was not expected to make a significant dent in the drought conditions throughout the state, forecasters said.

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