Smoke from New Jersey wildfire could blanket New York City

ERIN McCANN / NEW YORK TIMES – Much of the New York City region was under an air quality advisory on Thursday morning as smoke from one of New Jersey’s largest wildfires in two decades made its way north.

The fire, which has been burning in Ocean County since Tuesday morning, has grown to 13,250 acres, mostly in the heavily forested Pine Barrens …