At least 4 wildfires are burning in bone-dry New Jersey

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters in New Jersey were stretched even thinner on Friday when another wildfire broke out in the state's bone-dry conditions.

At least four wildfires were burning in the state, stretching from the Pinelands in the central and western parts of the state to the New York City suburbs.

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This photo provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection smoke fills the air from a forest fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Evesham, N.J. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP)

This photo provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection firefighters respond to a forest fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Evesham, N.J. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP)

This photo provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection smoke and fire fills the air from a forest fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Evesham, N.J. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP)

This photo provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection firefighters respond to a forest fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Evesham, N.J. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP)

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This photo provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection smoke fills the air from a forest fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Evesham, N.J. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP)

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This photo provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection smoke and fire fills the air from a forest fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Evesham, N.J. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP)

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This photo provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection firefighters respond to a forest fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Evesham, N.J. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP)

The latest fire broke out along the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs in Bergen County, across the Hudson River from New York.

It was smaller than the three others burning in New Jersey, each of which had burned less than a square mile as of late Thursday.

Those fires, in Jackson, Glassboro and Evesham, were between 50% and 80% contained Friday.

The Englewood Cliffs fire was 30% contained, and no homes were threatened by it.

Conditions were even more hazardous Friday than they were the day before, with the National Weather Service issuing a red flag warning calling for gusty winds and low humidity that could help spread fires quickly.

New Jersey has not received measurable precipitation in over a month, the weather service said, setting a new record.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin moved another step closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record by scoring on Marc-Andre Fleury again.

The Washington Capitals captain scored his 871st goal by beating Fleury on a power play in the second period against Minnesota on Thursday night.

Ovechkin has scored on Fleury 28 times in 47 games against him over the past two decades, with a vast majority of them coming when “Flower” played for the rival Pittsburgh Penguins. That’s by far the most of the record-tying 178 different goaltenders Ovechkin has scored on.

Beating Fleury put Ovechkin 24 back of passing Gretzky’s mark of 894 goals that was once considered unapproachable. The 39-year-old winger has 18 goals this season and three in four since returning from a broken left fibula and is on pace to get to 895 and possibly beyond this spring.

With Fleury playing his final season in the league, this could be Ovechkin's final goal against him, though the Capitals also visit the Wild on March 27. The only active netminder close on Ovechkin's list is fellow Russian Sergei Bobrovsky at 16.

Hall of Famer Henrik Lundqvist is second behind Fleury at 24, and Carey Price third at 22.

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At least 4 wildfires are burning in bone-dry New Jersey

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