An inferno at a paper mill in New Jersey that could be seen and smelt for miles was so intense that the billowing smoke showed up on NBC New York's StormTracker 4, the most powerful radar in the tri-state.
StormTracker 4 showed a blue streak stretching from Elmwood Park next to Interstate 80 and stretching all the down over Hempstead on Long Island and continuing over the ocean.
The fire broke out inside a warehouse building at Marcal Paper Mills, on Market Street in Elmwood Park around 5 p.m. Wednesday, officials said. No injuries were reported, but the cold weather made the fire fight much more difficult for firefighters.
StormTracker 4 got a workout Wednesday from snow squalls to smoke. Birds are sometimes picked up on the radar, Storm Team 4 meteorologist Janice Huff said.
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