In New Jersey, 377 wildfires have burned over 628 acres since Sept. 15, a jump from 26 wildfires with only about seven acres consumed over the same period last year.
It's so dry, the fires are burning down into the ground and are continuing to smoke, said Bill Donnelly, chief of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.
Human activity, whether accidental or intentional, causes 99 percent of wildfires in New Jersey, said a spokesman for the state's Forest Fire Service.
Climate change can produce unpredictable weather patterns, said David Robinson, the New Jersey state climatologist and a geography professor at Rutgers University.
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