The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has confirmed that a large brush fire in New Jersey is causing smoke conditions and odors throughout Connecticut.  DEEP will be monitoring the situation. New Fairfield Volunteer Fire Department cautioned peopled over the weekend that there may be a smell of smoke and a haze in the area as wind dragged smoke up this way.  The forest fire in Burlington County, New Jersey was reported just after 2pm Saturday in Washington Township and quickly grew to more than 5,000 acres.  According to officials most of this area is woods; however, there are sporadic homes.