New Jersey wildfire swells to more than 8,000 acres, prompting evacuations and closing major highway
Officials said the evacuation orders were issued in New Jersey, and traffic was transferred in Garden Steple Parkway due to a massive fire that started on Tuesday and grew to 8,500 acres.
About 3000 people from Johns Road Fire were informed in Ocean Province, She said a forest fire service in New Jersey.
The service on social media announced shortly before 12:30 pm that the fire was burning in the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management area in the town of Barnegat.
It was 10 % received on Tuesday night. The reason is still under investigation.
No deaths or injuries were reported, but the state’s forest fire service said that 1320 structures were threatened. She said that the damage assessments are underway.
The garden garden extends north and south across the state. New Jersey State Police said that the traffic heading to the south was transferred to the exit 80, and the traffic went to the north was transferred to the exit 63.
Air video From NBC Philadelphia Traffic in the area showed while drivers tried to negotiate closing and reaching their destinations.
Jake Willis told the station: “Chaos, traffic, cannot reach anywhere, and hung traffic for three hours,” Jake Willis told the station.
The southern part of the province of Ucen and the state undergoing either dry or abnormal dry conditions, According to American drought monitoring.
New Jersey Forest Fire Service lists the area as a “high” fire.
