India, March 27 -- A fire was reported in Newark on Thursday and smoke was seen from the Newark airport nearby. The vegetation fire was at the 700 Block of Doremus Avenue in Newark.

At present, there is water on the fire from all angles and there are no threats to exposures. The fire has been contained to a marsh, as per Watch Duty reports.

However, smoke from the blaze was seen at the nearby airport, sparking panic about whether something had caught fire inside the premises.

"Smoke from a fire in the vicinity of NEWARK airport," one person wrote on Facebook, sharing videos where thick columns of smoke were visible across the runway.

Another person added "Radar picking up the brush fire in Newark." They shared a map where the blaze oc...