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POMPTON LAKES, N.J. (AP) — A New York wood ranger died battling 1 of a fig of wildfires successful New Jersey and New York amid adust conditions that person prompted aerial prime warnings successful some states, authorities said Sunday.
The Eastern Dutchess County Fire and Rescue said the New York authorities forestry work reported that the wood ranger, whose sanction was not released, died erstwhile a histrion fell connected him Saturday day arsenic helium battled a large brushwood occurrence on the New York-New Jersey border, officials said.
“Rip member your displacement is implicit occupation good done,” the station said.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Forest Fire Service reported the sprawling blaze had dispersed to much than 3 quadrate miles (about 8 quadrate kilometers) adjacent the borderline successful Passaic County’s West Milford and Orange County, New York. Dubbed the Jennings Creek wildfire, it was threatening 2 homes and 8 buildings successful the Long Pond Ironworks Historic District.
Health advisories were issued for parts of New York and northeastern New Jersey owed to unhealthy aerial prime owed to fume from the fires. People were urged to bounds strenuous outdoor carnal enactment if possible; those particularly delicate included the precise young and precise aged and radical with ailments specified arsenic asthma and bosom disease.
New Jersey officials, meanwhile, reported 75 percent containment of a 175-acre (70-hectare) occurrence successful the Pompton Lakes country of Passaic County that was threatening 55 homes, though nary evacuations had been ordered.
Progress was besides reported connected fires successful the Bethany Run country connected the borderline of Burlington and Camden counties successful Evesham and Voorhees townships; a blaze on the Palisades Interstate Parkway successful Englewood Cliffs successful Bergen County; and the Pheasant Run wildfire successful the Glassboro wildlife extortion country of Gloucester County.
Prosecutors successful Ocean County connected precocious Saturday day announced arson and firearms charges successful transportation with a 350-acre (142-hectare) Jackson Township occurrence that started Wednesday. They said it was sparked by magnesium shards from a shotgun circular connected the berm of a shooting range. Officials said firing that benignant of “incendiary oregon tracer ammunition” was barred successful the state. The bulk of the blaze has been contained, officials reported Friday.
