Firefighters in California, New York and New Jersey continued battling wildfires over the weekend.
Smoke from a forest fire rises above the trees in Evesham, N.J. on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. POMPTON LAKES, N.J. — Fire crews on both coasts of the United States continued battling wildfires on Sunday, includingthat killed a parks employee and another in Southern California that destroyed more than 130 structures and damaged dozens more.and was 26% contained as of Sunday, up from 21% the previous day. The fire’s size remains around 32 square miles . The cause is under investigation.
A home destroyed by the Mountain Fire is reflected in water from a swimming pool in Camarillo, Calif., Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. Fawn Parish hugs battalion chief Robert Welsbie, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, as his firefighters help sift through rubble at her home, which was destroyed by the Mountain Fire in Camarillo, Calif.,
Jaime Hernandez sprays water to defend his home while battling approaching flames from the Mountain Fire near Moorpark, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Hernandez has been staying behind to fight multiple wildfires since 1988. The remains of a home destroyed by the Mountain Fire is shown in Camarillo, Calif., Friday, Nov. 8, 2024.
Health advisories were issued for parts of New York, including New York City, and northeastern New Jersey due to unhealthy air quality due to smoke from the fires. People were urged to limit strenuous outdoor physical activity if possible; those especially sensitive included the very young and very old and people with ailments such as asthma and heart disease.
In Massachusetts, one wildfire among several fueled by powerful wind gusts and dry leaves has burned hundreds of acres in the Lynn Woods Reservation, a municipal park extending across about 3.4 square miles in the city some 10 miles north of Boston.
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