The N.j. Forest Fire Service says another fire about an hour away in Jackson Township was less than half contained when the blaze broke out in Evesham. The new fire was threatening at least 50 homes.
This photo provided by NJ Department of Environmental Protection. a firefighter is silhouetted against a forest fire on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Evesham, N.J.
“This is the driest we’ve been in the agency’s history,” said Jeremy Webber, a supervising fire warden with the Fire Service, which was established in 1906. The fire in Jackson, in the central portion of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, had grown to less than half a square mile and was 40% contained as of mid-morning Thursday, said Deale Carey, incident commander for the fire service.
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