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Parts Of Jersey Had Nation's Worst Air Quality Sunday Because Of Fire Parts Of Jersey Had Nation's Worst Air Quality Sunday Because Of Fire
Parts Of Jersey Had Nation's Worst Air Quality Sunday Because Of Fire Thousands of people living in New Jersey received an unusual weather alert on their phones Sunday morning: "Unhealthy Air Quality."  Since Saturday, a forest fire has been raging in Burlington County, which has thrown up a plume of smoke so large people in Bergen and Hudson counties -- as much as 80 miles away from the seat of the fire -- reported smelling burning.  The huge fire also forced the closure of Rt. 72 in Barnegat.  Residents living in a long swath of the state stretching from Burlington County up to Newark and farther northeast experienced the nation's worst air …

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by Paul Milo