US EditionNew Jersey forest fire prompts thousands of evacuations and closes a major highway
- A massive wildfire named the Jones Wildfire burned in Ocean County, New Jersey on Tuesday.
- The blaze began as a brush fire earlier Tuesday, rapidly spreading in the wildlife management area; its cause is under investigation.
- The wildfire prompted extensive road closures including the Garden State Parkway between Exits 63 and 80.
- The blaze burned over 13 square miles and remained 10% contained Tuesday night, threatening over 1,300 structures.
- The fire prompted mandatory evacuations for thousands of residents and preemptive power outages for many customers.
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New Jersey wildfire could become state’s largest in about 20 years - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
April 23 — A fast-growing wildfire was burning in New Jersey’s Pinelands near its Atlantic Ocean beach towns on Wednesday and threatened to become the largest in the state in about 20 years, officials said on Wednesday.
State of Emergency declared after New Jersey wildfire rapidly expands
A fast-moving wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, has surged to more than 11,500 acres since Tuesday, forcing thousands to evacuate and threatening over 1,000 structures. According to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, the Jones Road Wildfire was initially reported around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday in the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area in Ocean County, and rapidly spread overnight from several hundred acres to 8,500. Officials believe that …
More than 5,000 hectares of pine forests went to smoke in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The fire broke out a week earlier, on April 18th. On the spot, firefighters are still fighting to control the flames. (International).
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