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Heat spreads smoky smell from wildfires across state

TRENTON - Many residents can smell smoke in the hot and humid air that has blanketed the Garden State. The odor comes from the remnants of more than a dozen wildfires - the largest at Fort Dix, where flames on the firing ranges have scorched about 4,000 acres since Sunday, said Angel Lopez, a Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst spokeswoman. The fire has been contained and hasn't damaged any buildings.

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TRENTON - Many residents can smell smoke in the hot and humid air that has blanketed the Garden State.

The odor comes from the remnants of more than a dozen wildfires - the largest at Fort Dix, where flames on the firing ranges have scorched about 4,000 acres since Sunday, said Angel Lopez, a Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst spokeswoman. The fire has been contained and hasn't damaged any buildings.

State Forest Fire Service Chief Maris Gabliks said Thursday that organic materials in swampy areas were still burning slowly and generating smoke, "a lot like charcoal in a grill."

The haze could linger until the next significant rainfall, officials said. They're advising people with respiratory problems to remain indoors if they smell the smoke.

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