Aiello-Lammens added that burning ashes in the atmosphere will have a negative impact on people’s health. There have been air quality reports compromised to Maryland and the New York region. But the impact will not be on the scale of Western Canadian fires that went to the eastern coast in 2023.
Kearns, who lives in Bergen County, said that he had experienced the impact of Jones Road’s fire smoke.
“We have received an air quality warning here,” he said. “This affects the region. This has not only affected the jersey shore area in the County of Ocean. ”
Several hours of constant rain would be necessary to extinguish the fire, according to Aiello-Lammens. He recalled a forest fire in 2024 near the border of the New Jersey-New York.
“After a few days of substantial precipitation, it really helped in the fire fighting process,” he said.
Those responsible express their gratitude in the middle of the emergency
The fire destroyed a family business of garage doors and several vehicles, but that spared houses and lives.
William J. Donelly, head of the State Forest Fire Service, said that there had been no injuries reported among those who fight the fire, but that their vehicles have felt the effects of the fire.
“We burned the engine of a truck (which) caught fire. We melted door panels, our door stickers. We melted some mirrors, cracked with glass,” he said. “The trucks are suffering a lot of mistreatment, but that is why we have designed them.”
The officials thanked the emergency workers for their efforts in the fight against fire and for having evacuated people to security. Between Waretown and Lacey Township, there were around 7,000 people who were ordered to leave their homes, including the mayor of Waretown, Dr. Ben Loparo.
“We had a voluntary evacuation, then it turned compulsory,” he told Whyy News. “I called at home (and) said,” We have to pack. “
Before even evacuating with his family, Loparo said that he made residents that they should leave the region known.
“I went around the place in town and told everyone that they had to evacuate. It was compulsory,” he said. “I went to shoprite and in all the other stores, and I called my neighbors.”
Wednesday evening, Loparo was back home, where he took a moment to take a break.
“I went to my office to make documents, and that’s when it struck me, and I just relaxed,” he said. “We went to bed early last night. We were tired. “
Whyy News journalist Emily Neil contributed to reports.
