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Despite cooler temperatures and a slight increase in humidity, new brush fires sprouted across the state Tuesday as a pair of older conflagrations continued to burn in South Jersey Watch video
Despite cooler temperatures and a slight increase in humidity, new brush fires sprouted across the state Tuesday as a pair of older conflagrations continued to burn in South Jersey.
"Everything is so dry already that even without the sun warming up we probably have enough wind blowing to compensate for the lack of sun," said Steve Maurer, assistant fire warden with the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. "It's certainly a fire day. If the sun was out, things would be even worse."
Although weather conditions will improve slightly over the next few days, fire experts say the ris . . . read more at NJ.com (Star Ledger)
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