”In late October, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued a Stage 3 fire ban, its highest level of restrictions, which prohibits the lighting of any open fires in any area of the state.
Most regions of New Jersey have not had any substantial rain since August, and have gotten no measurable rain since late September or early October.”
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