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PHOTO: Firefighters battle a four alarm fire at the Marcal paper factory in Elmwood Park, N.J., Jan. 30, 2019.
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More than 150 firefighters descended on the scene. The temperature hovered near 4 degrees, with a wind chill of negative 12.

The fire was under control early Thursday morning, officials said. No one was injured, officials added.

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Governor Phil Murphy/Twitter
PHOTO: The aftermath of a massive fire at a paper mill in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, Jan. 31, 2019.
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Governor Phil Murphy/Twitter
PHOTO: The aftermath of a massive fire at a paper mill in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, Jan. 31, 2019.
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In New York City, where temperatures plunged to 2 degrees, the coldest of the year, a 5-alarm fire in Brooklyn posed \"challenging conditions for our firefighters,\" the New York City Fire Department tweeted. No injuries were reported.

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Mark Lennihan/AP
PHOTO: New York firefighters battle a blaze in a commercial building in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, Jan. 31, 2019 in N.Y.
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#FDNY members continue to operate on scene of a 5-alarm fire, 376 Vernon Ave. #Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/tZva7Rk1qM

— FDNY (@FDNY) January 31, 2019

These were very challenging conditions for our Firefighters, however we are well-prepared for these conditions. Other than it being physically debilitating for our units, we have no operational difficulties -#FDNY Acting COD Sudnik on scene of 5-alarm fire, 376 Vernon Ave BK pic.twitter.com/Os0FMkkZ7b

— FDNY (@FDNY) January 31, 2019

#FDNY members remain on scene of a 5-alarm fire, 376 Vernon Ave #Brooklyn. There are currently no injuries reported. (photos from earlier in operation) pic.twitter.com/5R6E3E7orZ

— FDNY (@FDNY) January 31, 2019

In Camden, New Jersey, firefighters had to use a blow torch to thaw out frozen fire hydrants.

It’s THAT cold: Firefighters had to use a blow torch to thaw out 4 frozen fire hydrants. @6abc pic.twitter.com/CLeKZXpt7K

— Jeannette Reyes (@6abcJeannette) January 31, 2019

Firefighters also struggled in the Midwest.

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David Joles/Star Tribune via AP
PHOTO: St. Paul firefighters at the scene of a house fire during a arctic deep freeze, Jan. 30, 2019, in St. Paul, Minn.
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Fighting record cold and not backing down! pic.twitter.com/kqTLiqaizc

— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) January 31, 2019

In Cameron, Wisconsin, where the wind chill fell to minus 52 Wednesday, fire chief Mitch Hansen looked more like an ice sculpture after fighting a fire.

\"PHOTO:
Cameron Fire Assistant Chief Bilbo Gifford
PHOTO: Fire Chief Mitch Hansen in Cameron, Wis., on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, after battling a house fire in minus 50 wind chills. The overspray from the hoses was hitting firefighters as ice pellets.
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And in Plainfield, Indiana, frozen crews fought an unrelenting blaze at a trash facility, leaving fire equipment coated with ice.

\"The weather and large amount of trash is making this a daunting task,\" the Plainfield Fire Territory said on Facebook.

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