West Milford fire among several wildfires burning in northern New Jersey
CBSNOV 20 2024
Wildfires are raging on the East Coast and West Coast of the US, including 21K acres of land burned from the Mountain Fire in Ventura County, Calif., and 3K acres of land from the Jennings Creek Wildfire in Passaic County, New Jersey.
Alongside the Jennings Creek Fire, which is currently 10% contained, fires are also burning in Michigan, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. There have been over 100 brush fires in New York City this month.
The New Jersey fire was blown into New York's Orange County, which led to air quality advisories put in place in New York City and the Hudson Valley. An 18-year-old New York park employee was killed after a tree fell on him while he was clearing brush to fight a fire.
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