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Smoke from the wildfire burning in New Jersey's Bass River State Forest is spreading south and west today.
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Smoke from the wildfire burning in New Jersey's Bass River State Forest is spreading south and west today.
A wildfire in the Bass River State Forest in New Jersey has been burning since Wednesday night and continues to grow, with more than 3,100 burned and only 15% contained as of Thursday afternoon.
Code orange quality alert: Smoke from Nova Scotia wildfires lingers over the region, and Delaware has an air quality alert after a N.J. wildfire.
Officials say dry conditions continue to help fuel the flames, creating a lot of smoke in the area.
Meteorologist Grant Gilmore shows a radar view of the Bass River State Forest fire and tracks the smoke.
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is asking people to avoid the area.
The wildfire has burned 120 acres and is threatening six homes.
The smoke has forced authorities to issue air quality alerts for the Philadelphia region.
The haze produced by the wildfires in Canada promoted air quality warnings in Pennsylvania and New Jersey Wednesday. But it's not just the Canada wildfires that have made a tough few days for some New Jerseyans.
Smoke from the Tantallon wildfire in Nova Scotia, Canada will linger over the Philadelphia area into Thursday.
In New Jersey, crews are staying on the scene of the wildfire to make sure there aren't any flare-ups.
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Fire officials in New Jersey say they've made significant progress in their efforts to contain a wildfire in Salem County Thursday.
Officials are urging people to avoid the area at this time.
Officials are urging people to avoid the area at this time.
Wildfires in Canada are sending a tremendous bout of smoke into the sky, which has been picked up by winds higher up in the atmosphere and carried south and east into the Continental United States.
Many of the first responders helping were volunteer firefighters – meaning they also juggled their full-time jobs with being on the frontlines.
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The fire sparked off Route 524 and River Road in Washington Township.
Firefighters saved a homeowner's property, and fire officials said they'd contained the fire to the point that no structures were at risk.
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