A series of wildfires ravaging parts of rain-starved New Jersey were sending plumes of smoke across the Hudson River and into New York, leaving much of the city blanketed in an eerie haze. At least six fires,

Smoke filled the sky over Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, as firefighters battled a wildfire on Friday, 8. According to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, the fire had consumed multiple acres and was zero-percent contained as of Friday night.