The fire is threatening at least 75 structures, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.
in the area of Route 539, Route 70 and Horicon Avenue in Manchester and forced a few dozen evacuations on federal, state and private property, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said.
The blaze was only 10% contained as of 1:30 a.m. Officials have not provided an additional update, though overhead video fromMore warm, dry and breezy conditions are in the forecast for Wednesday, the National Weather Service said, so there’s an “Route 539 remained closed in the early morning from Route 70 to Long Swamp Road. Route 70 was shut down from Lakehurst Circle to Beckerville West Road.
Controlled burns or backfiring — when a fire is intentionally set along the inner edge of a fire line to consume the fuel in the path of the blaze or change its direction — is ongoing, officials said.Massive plumes of smoke cover a section of Manchester on Wednesday morning where a large forest fire broke out on Tuesday.near Alameda Drive in Brick and another 5-acre wildfire burned brush in Howell, fire officials told NJ Advance Media.
The Howell fire started as a result of a homeowner burning wood in a fire pit in a backyard that spread after a gust of wind carried embers to a wooded area, according to a statement from Howell police.that jumped both the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and the Newark Bay-Hudson County Turnpike Extension Tuesday afternoon.through 8 p.m.
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