A wildfire is burning at Ocean County's Bass River State Forest in NJ and is only 10% contained. Here's what to know.
At least six homes were threatened by the flames and evacuated and the Timberline Campground was evacuated, the forest fire service said. In total, about 40 people were evacuated.
Several roads were closed, including, Allen Road, Oswego Road, Stage Road between North Maple Avenue and Route 679 and Route 679 between Route 563 and Leaktown Road.already rough air qualitySeeing hazy skies over Philadelphia? A wildfire burning about 550 miles away in Nova Scotia, Canada, is to blame and also caused a Code Orange air quality alert in our region. NBC10's Deanna Durante has the details.
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