NJ brush fire stinks up New York City

[Eris0303]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 9:06am

The smell is really strong in the Hamilton/Trenton area. We can smell smell it inside the office.

Hope any BWWers in the area are okay.
NJ brush fire stinks up New York City

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 9:37am

I have such a bad sense of smell that I didn't even notice, but I did think it was way hazier than it should be for before a big rain.

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 9:48am

It's certainly hazy in North Jersey, but I didn't think anything of it until someone mentioned it smelling like a forrest fire outside.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 9:55am

Chris Christie's Brushfiregate.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 10:19am

I was wondering what that was. I smelled it as soon as I stepped outside.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 10:33am

I smelled it when I left home (in Hudson County), but didn't really think much of it until I smelled it AGAIN after getting off the PATH at 34th Street. (We have a neighbor with a wood burning stove on their back porch, so it's not totally unusual to smell burning wood, but I was confused when I could still smell it in Manhattan.)

[Eris0303]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 10:51am

I just got an "air quality alert" on my phone. My reaction was "Oh, really?"

[Marianne2]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 11:01am

I guess I should be fortunate to live up in Sussex County. No smells like that up here. I hope everything is okay with trying to get this fire out though.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 4/7/14 at 1:27pm

Every article I find states the smoke can be seen/smelled in NYC. Not much about NJ or the actual fire though. As far as I can tell it's about 50% contained.
Smell from fire in Wharton State Forest carries to Philadelphia, NYC