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Smoke rises south of the New York borough of Manhattan as a warehouse burns in Elizabeth, N.J., spreading smoke over the southern skyline of New York Friday, Jan. 5, 2024.
The damages caused by the Chemical Control Corporation superfund site effected both the surrounding environment and community of Elizabeth, New Jersey. The chemicals before the fire effected groundwater, soil and the nearby water way of the Elizabeth River. During the 1980 fire, chemicals became airborne and spread to neighboring towns and states.
A father dropped his 3-year-old son out a second-story window to first responders as a fire raged through an apartment complex in New Jersey Monday.
A fire broke out in an apartment building in Jersey City on Wednesday. Firefighters from the Jersey City Fire Department, along with Hudson County officials, responded to the blaze.
Located in Linden and Elizabeth, New Jersey, and bisected by Morses Creek, it is the northernmost refinery on the East Coast of the United States. The oil refinery converts crude oil (supplied by tanker ships from the North Sea , Canada and West Africa and by rail from the Bakken Formation in North Dakota) into gasoline , diesel fuel , jet fuel ...
On average, there are three tornadoes each year in the state, although there have been as many seven on a single day, which occurred both in 1989 and 2023. They have occurred in every month but December and January. The state's most active year was 1989, with 19 confirmed tornadoes. Most tornadoes in New Jersey have been weak and short-lived.
The Jennings Creek fire is 50% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said in a Wednesday evening update, after reporting 30% containment earlier in the day. Authorities have said the blaze ...
On March 13, 1855, the City of Elizabeth was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature, combining and replacing both Elizabeth Borough (which dated back to 1740) and Elizabeth Township (which had been formed in 1693), subject to the results of a referendum held on March 27, 1855. On March 19, 1857, the city became part of the newly ...