Firefighters from the Skyline Lakes Fire Department in New Jersey tried to extinguish a Pompton Lakes blaze that was fed by a natural gas line. The line ruptured after the Pompton River overflowed its banks during a record flood in the wake of Hurricane Irene. Residents in New York City’s suburbs continue to be evacuated due to rising waters three days after the storm passed. (Photo: Chip East / Reuters via the New York Times)
