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Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey Forest Fire Service has declared fire restrictions in effect statewide.
US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly has issued a Red Flag Warning for critical fire weather conditions in New Jersey today.
“Hazy, smoky skies across the Northeast today are having impacts on air quality. But where did all of this thick, heavy smoke come from? Raging wildfires in Quebec, Canada are generating large smoke plumes to the north and ALL of the smoke is being funneled right into the Northeast thanks to steering currents from a stationary low off the coast of Maine and a strong high over the Great Lakes and Ontario. Additional smoke and haze is expected to arrive around sunset tonight and continue into the day tomorrow, bringing air quality concerns along with it.”
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly due to a combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels. Any fires that develop may quickly get out of control and become difficult to contain.
Learn more: https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=PHI&wwa=red%20flag%20warning
FIRE RESTRICTIONS:
NORTHERN NJ – Stage 3 Fire Restrictions
COUNTIES: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Warren, Hopewell Township in Mercer County, Union, Hunterdon, Middlesex (north of Raritan River)
CENTRAL NJ – Stage 3 Fire Restrictions
COUNTIES: Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex (south of the Raritan River), Mercer County except Hopewell Township
SOUTHERN NJ – Stage 2 Fire Restrictions
COUNTIES: Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem
Stage 3 Fire Restrictions:
All fires in wooded areas are prohibited unless contained in an elevated stove using only propane, natural gas, gas, or electricity.
No charcoal fires are allowed.
Stage 2 Fire Restrictions:
All fires in wooded areas will be prohibited unless in an elevated prepared fireplace, elevated charcoal grill or stove using electricity or a liquid or gas fuel.
An elevated prepared fireplace must meet the following criteria: constructed of steel, stone, brick or concrete, elevated at least one foot above the ground and surrounded by a mineral soil radius no less than ten feet
STATEWIDE FIRE DANGER:
View current New Jersey fire danger levels: https://www.nj.gov/…/infot…/conditions-restrictions.html
We would be concerned down by Lakeview Drive at the compost center. All the dry brush and compost.
Thumbs up stupid. It’s all dry compost and brush, wake up. Thumbs down you must be a real dumb idiot.lol
it’s smoke… not fire.
They should have the fire department go down there and water everything down.
Let’s do a little thinking,
Again, lack of experience