[sinkspur]

There are major oil explosions breaking out in Northern New Jersey, per WNBC, who has a chopper over the area

Nope. That's flame-off from refineries, which is normal.

[Question_Assumptions]

I can see it from my office and it got attention here, too. The problem is that they have at least four of the burn off towers running and they are putting out quite a bit of flame. but the fact that each flame is at the top of a tower and not along the ground suggests that this is a normal burn off.