New Jersey Forest Fire officials continue to battle the still spreading blaze.
As of 11 p.m. Thursday, crews contained 35% of the fire, which has reached around 720 acres in size.Five buildings have been evacuated; nine residential structures and one commercial structure have been threatened by the fire.
The fire started Wednesday amid New Jersey’s peak wildfire season, when the oak-hickory forest is still dead from winter, but the atmosphere is as hot as summer.According to fire officials, it’s the largest fire in North Jersey since 2010.Last month, a wildfire in the Pine Barrens threatened over a dozen homes in Little Egg Harbor, not far from the site of a massive forest fire in 2007 at an Air National Guard target range. That fire burned nearly 27 square miles.
April is the peak month for forest fires in New Jersey, officials said, and despite its status as the nation's most densely populated state, 40% of it is forest. The Associated Press wire services helped contribute to this story.
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