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NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologist Bill Henley is tracking hazy skies due to wildfire smoke blowing in from the west. Overall, expect dry and warm air in the afternoons through the weekend.

Notice something colorful around dusk and dawn? Multiple fires burning in the northwestern part of the country are bringing a thick mass of smoke to the Philadelphia region heading into this weekend, NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologists say. 

Wildfire smoke moving in from the west will make for hazy skies over the Philadelphia region. The good news is the smoke will remain in the upper level of the atmosphere, meaning it won’t present air quality issues. Temperature-wise, highs will reach the low-to-mid 70 degrees Thursday afternoon.

A wildfire in California exploded in size overnight amid windy, hot conditions and were quickly encroaching on neighborhoods, forcing evacuation orders for over 100 homes Saturday.

Francisco Seoane and his fellow passengers got a fright when their train stopped in the Spanish countryside and they looked out the window: Wildfires were approaching them from both sides of the track.

The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park is still closed as firefighters battle a blaze that threatens the trees and has forced hundreds of campers to evacuate. Firefighters worked furiously Saturday to keep the flames from harming the iconic grove of about 500 mature sequoias, which are the world’s biggest trees by volume. The cause of the...

SkyForce10 captures fire at the Brendan T Byrne State Forest in Woodland and Manchester townships Monday morning.

Another wildfire burned in a southern New Jersey forest, but this one was quickly contained.

Light smoke from a New Jersey state forest fire wafted over much of the great Philadelphia region on Wednesday after a shift in wind directions pushed the plume west, and some residents in Pennsylvania could see the haze and smell it too.

Smoke from one of New Jersey’s largest wildfire on record billowed into the Philly region of South Jersey and southeast Pennsylvania. Here’s what it looked like Wednesday morning from NBC10’s Skyforce10 helicopter.

An illegal campfire deep in the woods of the Pine Barrens is being investigated as the possible cause of the massive forest fire in New Jersey, officials said Tuesday.

Firefighters have started to make progress in containing a massive blaze in New Jersey’s Wharton State Forest that has been burning for more than 36 hours. NBC10’s Brian Sheehan has the story.

A wildfire in New Jersey’s Wharton State Forest has more than doubled in size overnight, and it is on track to becoming the state’s largest in 15 years. NBC10’s Cydney Long has more from Burlington County.

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said that as of late morning Monday, a fire burning for two days in Wharton State Forest in Burlington County, New Jersey, was 45% contained. No injuries have been reported.

Flames and smoke could be seen by SkyForce10 as firefighters battled a large wildfire in New Jersey’s Wharton State Forest Monday morning.

Firefighters are battling a massive wildfire at the Wharton State Forest in Washington Township, Burlington County.

New Jersey firefighters have spent three days now battling a major wildfire in the Wharton State Forest in Burlington County and a small part of Atlantic County. And officials say they ruled out a natural cause starting the blaze.

Authorities have lifted some evacuation orders for a southern New Mexico mountain community hit by wildfire

The combination of dry conditions, winds and warm weather can create dangerous situations for fires.