{"id":107780,"date":"2024-11-08T18:03:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T18:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wildfires-erupt-in-new-jersey-fueled-by-dry-windy-conditions\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T18:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T18:03:51","slug":"wildfires-erupt-in-new-jersey-fueled-by-dry-windy-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wildfires-erupt-in-new-jersey-fueled-by-dry-windy-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires erupt in New Jersey, fueled by dry, windy conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-11-08\/Getty_firetruck_11082024.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(NEW JERSEY) &#8212; Multiple wildfires have erupted across New Jersey amid windy and dry conditions<\/p>\n<p>A large brush fire broke out on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Bergen County in northern New Jersey, near New York City. The fire covers 19 acres and is 30% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said. No structures are threatened.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, &#8220;conditions will be extremely dangerous for more brush fires and rapid fire spread,&#8221; the Englewood Fire Department warned.<\/p>\n<p>New York City Emergency Management said New Yorkers may smell smoke on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Another wildfire is threatening over 100 structures in Burlington and Camden counties in southern New Jersey, outside of Philadelphia. The blaze spans 360 acres and is 75% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said.<\/p>\n<p>In Jackson Township, in central New Jersey, the Shotgun Wildfire has burned through 350 acres and is 80% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said. No structures are threatened.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth fire, the Pheasant Run Wildfire, covered 133 acres in the Glassboro Wildlife Management Area, a wildlife park in southern New Jersey. It&#8217;s 50% contained and isn&#8217;t threatening any structures.<\/p>\n<p>Fire danger has increased in the Northeast due to the combination of a historically dry fall, gusty winds near 30 mph and relative humidity down to 25%. A red flag warning has been issued from Boston to New York City and Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the West Coast, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/southern-california-extreme-fire-warnings-dry-windy-conditions\/story?id=115573200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mountain Fire in Southern California<\/a>\u00a0has exploded in size, blazing through 20,000 acres, destroying homes and prompting mass evacuations.<\/p>\n<p><em>ABC News&#8217; Max Golembo contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images (NEW JERSEY) &#8212; Multiple wildfires have erupted across New Jersey amid windy and dry conditions A large brush fire broke out on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Bergen County in northern New Jersey, near New York City. The fire covers 19 acres and is 30% contained, the New<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wildfires-erupt-in-new-jersey-fueled-by-dry-windy-conditions\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}