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New Jersey forest fire prompts evacuations and closes a major highway
BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A wildfire burning in New Jersey on Tuesday forced some residents to evacuate and closed a stretch of a major highway. The Garden State Parkway, one of New Jersey’s busiest highways, was closed between Barnegat and Lacey townships, The Press of Atlantic City reported.
A Waretown man has been charged with arson in connection with the Jones Roads Wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey.
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Ocean County, NJ wildfire consumes more than 13,000 acres, could be largest in nearly 20 yearsOfficials also said during a Wednesday update that this could end up being the largest wildfire in New Jersey in 20 years.
A 19-year-old man has been charged with arson for allegedly sparking the massive wildfire in the New Jersey Pine Barrens that has torched 15,000 acres, prosecutors said.
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