Lingering smoke from a weekend brush fire in Rancocas State Park is still impacting a local school district that has been fully closed since Tuesday.
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service deemed the wildfire 100% contained on Sunday night, but by Monday morning students at Westampton Middle School noticed smokey hallways.
"When you got into the classroom it was like really bad, you could smell it," 7th grade student Madison Dempster said. She recalled many parents picking up their children early from school, and faculty members handing out masks for anyone people who had trouble breathing.
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