On Monday, a black bear entered the Essex County Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, prompting a close for the rest of the day.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lightning strike ignited a fire at Turtle Back Zoo in Essex County Wednesday night, exposing sea turtles to heavy smoke.

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Several sea turtles were being treated for smoke inhalation Thursday after a lightning strike sparked a fire at the Sea Turtle Recovery hospital in New Jersey’s Turtle Back Zoo. A lightning bolt hit ...

Five sea turtles that were trapped in a fire at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, New Jersey, are recovering at a facility on Long Island run by the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, according ...