Nighttime temperatures will only drop to the low 60s or upper 50s, which won’t allow for much recovery overnight. Overnight temperatures will also remain high, which will create challenging conditions for firefighters.

The record heat will only make fire conditions worse during the week, as temperatures soar into the mid-80s across New Jersey and other parts of the Northeast along the I-95 corridor. “Relative humidity drops very low with this flow around the high and all the ingredients are there for the fire weather concerns.” We should stay under high pressure for the next day,” Cameron Wunderlin, National Weather Service meteorologist in Mount Holly, New Jersey, told CNN. This is drying out the ‘fuels’ (dry brushland, dead leaves etc.). “We’ve been under high pressure the past couple of days. Summerlike temperatures are expected to last through Friday, with more than 25 potential high records falling. Record heat will make fire conditions even worse The fire was primarily burning on federal, state and private property in Manchester Township, but it had jumped to the adjacent borough of Lakehurst. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection/AP No structures are damaged and no injuries have been reported. This single fire has burned more than half the average acres burned in New Jersey in an entire year, according to statistics from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.Ībout 170 structures in the Manchester Township area were evacuated Tuesday night, but all residents have since been allowed to return home, Manchester Police Chief Robert Dolan said during a news conference Wednesday. The fire came as record heat sets in across the Northeast. The fire remains under investigation, the forest service added. The service said its personnel will continue to work in several locations and urged residents to “stay vigilant while driving through smoke conditions,” because firefighters may be working on the side of the road. The blaze that began in Manchester Township on Tuesday evening has burned 3,859 acres, authorities said, and all of the previously announced road closures in the area were to be lifted at 9 p.m. The wildfire in New Jersey that has burned nearly 4,000 acres in is 75% contained are to reopen, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service tweeted Wednesday night.

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