Forecasters on Friday, warning low moisture and Gusty Wind increased the risk of a fire to develop on parts of New Jersey, Philadelphia and its suburbs, and its partitions and Delaware continued Battle a huge beautiful fire in Bor.
The National Time Service was discouraged by any outdoor combustion, temperatures that reach near 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius) and southern winds that could inflate up to 20 mph (32 km). There is a chance for rain over the weekend in the region.
In its latest update, New Jersey Forest Fire Services said half the fire is widespread to almost 24 square miles (62 square kilometers) in the southern part of the state. No injuries or deaths were recorded, but the buildings burned together with cars. Officials collected a 19-year-old man in the area with the beginning of the flame that led to the wild fire.
The plaintiffs said on Thursday that Joseph Kling, 19, New Jersey, was arrested and accused of fire and aggravated fire, saying that he lit the wooden pallets before they completely kicked out.
The public defender who presents him during the hearing, he said “nothing further” to the question of the judge.
Emails from the Office for the Public Defender told Thursday that it cannot comment on the case on hold so early in the process. The message of the email asking for a comment on his name was sent on Friday to the Public Defender Office. Attempts to the kid on the phone were not successful.
Authorities first spent on Tuesday morning from a fiery tower, when the smoke column appeared in pines. Law enforcement said that they used GPS to entangle the background of fire and decisively for the reason was a resentment that was not shut down.
Speaking on Thursday afternoon at a press conference, Prosecutor Ocean County Bradley D. Billhimer said “we can confidently say that we think the fire is intentionally set.” He refused a further comment why the authorities believe that a man who arrested was responsible and other issues related to the investigation because he remains in progress.
It is a forest season in Pineland, a desert that includes more than a million hectares (405,000 hectares) – an area about as large as Grand Canyon. Firefighters are said with low moisture and after a Meseclong drought In the region.
Although parts of the pine brand is uninhabited, New Jersey is a native state and officials warned the fire could jeopardize nearby. The fire grew on Thursday to more than 23.8 square kilometers (about 62 square kilometers).
Officials said that the fire believes that the second worst in recent years in New Jersey, smaller only from the flame 2007, which burned 26 square kilometers (67 square kilometers).
Jim and Lenore Thoms, who own a job in the industrial park near the flame, called fire “very frightening experience” and praised firefighter’s efforts.
“Firefighters were phenomenal, they saved the whole park,” Jim Thoms said. “If they weren’t around, the way things lasted, maybe you didn’t see any buildings at all.”
On Thursday, New York officials were warned of more than the usual pollution level in New York, Rockland and Westchester County, and in Nassau and Suffolk.
Fire is about 54 miles (87 kilometers) south of New York. It is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of Philadelphia.
Officials said the fire in the last years was the second worst, less than the flame only in 2007. year that burned 26 square kilometers (67 square kilometers).
The video published by the State Agency that oversees Fire Service has shown to vote white and black clouds of smoke, intense flames affected by pines and firefighters that are hit in the view.
Borrens borers sitting between Philadelphia from the western and Atlantic coast in the east. In the rapid drain sandy and trees with dead development of leaves, moisture remains low and winds can break out, drying on the forest floor.
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Joined Presha VideoJournalist Tassanee Wapon in Waretown, New Jersey, contributed to this report.
2025-04-25 13:02:00
