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FORKED RIVER, N.J. – Firefighters successful New Jersey are inactive moving to extinguish the largest wildfire the Garden State has seen successful years, and a melodramatic caller video shows conscionable however adjacent the flames and fume came to homes successful Ocean County.
The Jones Road Wildfire ignited Tuesday greeting and astir tripled successful size successful a substance of hours.
The occurrence has scorched astir 15,000 acres and is astir 50% contained. Officials announced they person charged a antheral with arson successful transportation with the fire.
NEW JERSEY WILDFIRE: DRAMATIC VIDEOS, PHOTOS REVEAL FEARSOME NATURE OF FAST-MOVING FLAMES
This photograph comes from a video recorded successful Forked River, New Jersey, arsenic the Jones Road Wildfire was inching dangerously adjacent to homes connected Tuesday, April 22, 2025.
(Tyler Granato via Storyful / FOX Weather)
A video recorded by Tyler Granato showed the wildfire spreading adjacent to homes successful Forked River connected Tuesday arsenic the blaze began its fast-moving battle connected communities successful the area.
Thick fume tin beryllium seen filling the entity and choking the community, and the agleam reddish and orangish glow of the flames tin beryllium seen creeping person to homes successful the neighborhood.
Officials said astir 5,000 radical successful the country were forced to fly for safety, and powerfulness was unopen disconnected arsenic a precaution. In addition, the state's busiest highway, the Garden State Parkway, was closed for astir 17 miles aft the flames jumped the roadway.
Power has since been restored, the road was reopened and each evacuation orders person been lifted.
No single-family homes burned, nary fatalities reported arsenic Jones Road Wildfire rages successful New Jersey
Evacuation orders person been lifted successful Ocean County, New Jersey, arsenic crews proceed to enactment to extinguish the Jones Road Wildfire that broke retired adjacent the Jersey Shore connected Tuesday afternoon. FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne spoke with Lacey Township Mayor Peter Curatolo who said that arsenic of Wednesday morning, nary fatalities person been reported, and nary single-family homes person been destroyed.
No injuries oregon deaths person been reported, and nary single-family homes were impacted.
However, 1 business successful the assemblage of Lacey Township was destroyed by the blaze.
FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne was successful Lacey Township connected Wednesday and spoke with Mayor Peter Curatolo, who was successful disbelief aft the occurrence had moved connected from his community.
"This was 1 of our large businesses, and our concern parkland is wherever it happened," Curatolo said connected FOX Weather. "This is truly heartbreaking. You tin spot the devastation. You don’t request maine to explicate it to you."
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The Jones Road Fire burns successful Ocean County, New Jersey, connected Wednesday. (Ocean County Sheriff 911)
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Charred trees are seen arsenic the Jones Road Fire continues to pain successful Ocean County, New Jersey connected Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Some 3,000 residents were evacuated successful the US authorities of New Jersey aft a wildfire exploded successful size, scorching thousands of acres and threatening hundreds of structures, the state's occurrence work said connected April 22. New Jersey had been nether an authoritative drought warning, the state's Department of Environmental Protection said successful March. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher / AFP) (Photo by MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP via Getty Images) ( )
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Smoke from the Jones Road Fire is seen implicit homes successful a vicinity successful Ocean County, New Jersey, connected April 23, 2025. Some 3,000 residents were evacuated successful the US authorities of New Jersey aft a wildfire exploded successful size, scorching thousands of acres and threatening hundreds of structures, the state's occurrence work said connected April 22. New Jersey had been nether an authoritative drought warning, the state's Department of Environmental Protection said successful March. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher / AFP) (Photo by MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP via Getty Images) ( )
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The Jones Road Wildfire burns successful New Jersey connected April 22, 2025. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection/TMX)
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The Jones Road Wildfire burns successful New Jersey connected April 22, 2025. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection/TMX)
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The Jones Road Wildfire burns successful New Jersey connected April 22, 2025. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection/TMX)
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The Jones Road Wildfire burns successful New Jersey connected April 22, 2025. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection/TMX)
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The Jones Road Wildfire burns successful New Jersey connected April 22, 2025. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection/TMX)
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The Jones Road Wildfire burns successful New Jersey connected April 22, 2025. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection/TMX)
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The Jones Road Wildfire burns successful New Jersey connected April 22, 2025. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection/TMX)
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The Jones Road Wildfire burns successful New Jersey connected April 22, 2025. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection/TMX)
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A concern operation destroyed by the Jones Road Wildfire successful Lacey, New Jersey connected April 23, 2025. ( )
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A concern operation destroyed by the Jones Road Wildfire successful Lacey, New Jersey connected April 23, 2025. ( )
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Smoke from the Jones Road Fire successful Ocean County, New Jersey, billows up to the entity down a treeline connected Tuesday. (Ocean Fire Company)
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Smoke from the Jones Road Fire successful Ocean County, New Jersey, billows up to the entity down a treeline connected Tuesday. (Ocean Fire Company)
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Smoke from the Jones Road Fire successful Ocean County, New Jersey, billows up to the entity down a treeline connected Tuesday. (Ocean Fire Company)
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Lacey Township is torched aft the New Jersey wildfire grows to 11,500 acres Wednesday morning. (Katie Byrne)
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Lacey Township is torched aft the New Jersey wildfire grows to 11,500 acres Wednesday morning. (Katie Byrne)
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Lacey Township is torched aft the New Jersey wildfire grows to 11,500 acres Wednesday morning. (Katie Byrne)
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Crews locomotion on the wood burned from the Jones Road Wildfire successful Lacey Township connected Monday morning. (Katie Byrne)
The concern could person been acold worse, however, arsenic officials said much than 1,300 homes were being threatened by the flames astatine 1 point. The fig dwindled to 8 structures by Thursday.
"It was a unsafe wildfire, moving quickly. It's beauteous utmost conditions close now," New Jersey Forest Fire Warden Trevor Raynor said connected Wednesday. "April 20th is astir the highest of outpouring occurrence season."
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