MASSIVE fire at Toyota Warehouse on US 1 in North Brunswick

[Zeffy]

http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2015/07/firefighter_battling_massive_north_brunswick_wareh.html#incart_river_mobile

The fire has grown rapidly and is affecting traffic on US 1. As of now, the Livingston Ave exit ramps are closed. If the wind shifts direction, both US 1 and the NJTransit lines could be shut as well. The nearby neighborhood is being evacuated since the smoke is so thick and expansive. Reports say you can see the smoke from an office tower in Manhattan.

[empirestate]

Do fires have mass?


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[hotdogPi]

Oh no! A fire found its way out of California!

[jeffandnicole]

I can see it from my office building in Trenton, about 22 miles away.





I actually first noticed it - although I didn't know what it was - on Rt. 29 near the Trenton Tunnel.  From that perspective it looked like it was near the Delaware River.

[jeffandnicole]

At least currently, The NJDOT Rt. 1 Traffic Cameras at Henderson Rd, Ryders Lane and US 130 (and possibly others) shows the smoke as well.

[J Route Z]

Any major road closures?

Actually it looks like Route 26 is closed.

[noelbotevera]

At least currently, The NJDOT Rt. 1 Traffic Cameras at Henderson Rd, Ryders Lane and US 130 (and possibly others) shows the smoke as well.

There is smoke also at NJ 18/US 1.

[Pete from Boston]

Smoke off the Delmarva, visible from space:

http://t.co/0IcL2IZDkx

[ixnay]

Smoke off the Delmarva, visible from space:

http://t.co/0IcL2IZDkx

Visible over Long Beach Island...

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[Zeffy]

I can see it from my office building in Trenton, about 22 miles away.

Damn, my office building is in Ewing (it's only 2 floors though), but I couldn't see any smoke. What floor is that on? (And what building is that? I can't recall a lot of 12+ story buildings in Trenton...)

[KEVIN_224]

That satellite photo, sadly, reminded me of another nearly straight plume of smoke which showed up on satellite photos: 9/11.

Any word of if it directly affected Amtrak or NJ Transit? The Amtrak website had no advisories posted this morning.

[Zeffy]

That satellite photo, sadly, reminded me of another nearly straight plume of smoke which showed up on satellite photos: 9/11.

It did for me as well. The thickness of the smoke instantly brings back memories of the inferno in the World Trade Center...

[jeffandnicole]

I can see it from my office building in Trenton, about 22 miles away.

Damn, my office building is in Ewing (it's only 2 floors though), but I couldn't see any smoke. What floor is that on? (And what building is that? I can't recall a lot of 12+ story buildings in Trenton...)

Floor 9 of a 14 story building.  Yep, there aren't too many that tall in this town!

[jeffandnicole]

That satellite photo, sadly, reminded me of another nearly straight plume of smoke which showed up on satellite photos: 9/11.

Any word of if it directly affected Amtrak or NJ Transit? The Amtrak website had no advisories posted this morning.

I think there were some delays during the day, but there's been delays 3 days already this week for heat and other issues, so today's delays may or may not have had anything to do with the fire.

[Alps]

Do fires have mass?


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No, they are energy (heat and light). When things lose mass as they burn, that all goes into the ash that either flies in the air or settles to the ground.

[jakeroot]

Normally I'd be pretty impressed by a large scale fire, but lately out west, spontaneous combustion of literally anything has become alarmingly commonplace.

[Mergingtraffic]

I was on the NJ Tpke taking sign pics and some of my pics have the smoke in the background.  I'll post them to my Flickr page soon.

[empirestate]

Do fires have mass?


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No, they are energy (heat and light). When things lose mass as they burn, that all goes into the ash that either flies in the air or settles to the ground.

But aren't they also combusting gases? Gases certainly do have mass.


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[ekt8750]

Fires are the result of atoms reacting with oxygen atoms. The byproduct of those reactions are heat and light energy along with the smoke (a solid/gas mixture) which is the resulting matter. Remember the law of conservation of energy and matter. lol

[Alps]

Fires are the result of atoms reacting with oxygen atoms. The byproduct of those reactions are heat and light energy along with the smoke (a solid/gas mixture) which is the resulting matter. Remember the law of conservation of energy and matter. lol

Right. The smoke is matter, the fire is not.

[empirestate]

Fires are the result of atoms reacting with oxygen atoms. The byproduct of those reactions are heat and light energy along with the smoke (a solid/gas mixture) which is the resulting matter. Remember the law of conservation of energy and matter. lol

Right. The smoke is matter, the fire is not.

OK, so this isn't a massive fire after all–but it's producing massive smoke, is that it?


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[ixnay]

Fires are the result of atoms reacting with oxygen atoms. The byproduct of those reactions are heat and light energy along with the smoke (a solid/gas mixture) which is the resulting matter. Remember the law of conservation of energy and matter. lol

Right. The smoke is matter, the fire is not.

OK, so this isn't a massive fire after all–but it's producing massive smoke, is that it?


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Apparently empirestate wasn't trying to be funny in the wake of the first syllable of the thread title after all...

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[empirestate]

Fires are the result of atoms reacting with oxygen atoms. The byproduct of those reactions are heat and light energy along with the smoke (a solid/gas mixture) which is the resulting matter. Remember the law of conservation of energy and matter. lol

Right. The smoke is matter, the fire is not.

OK, so this isn't a massive fire after all–but it's producing massive smoke, is that it?


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Apparently empirestate wasn't trying to be funny in the wake of the first syllable of the thread title after all...

ixnay

No, "funny" would be too generous a word. Levitous, perhaps, is a more accurate (and apropos) term.

[Mergingtraffic]

You can see the smoke in the bottom half of the photo

[jakeroot]

You can see the smoke in the bottom half of the photo

Looks like a fogbank rolling in.