An enormous wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, pressured evacuations and shut down roads, officers mentioned.
Fireplace officers first alerted residents by social media concerning the fireplace in Barnegat Township at 12:22 p.m. on Tuesday.
— New Jersey Forest Fireplace Service (@njdepforestfire) April 22, 2025
As of 5 p.m., the “Jones Wildfire” burned 1200 acres, threatened 16 buildings alongside Bryant Highway and Wells Mills Highway (Rt. 532), pressured obligatory evacuations on Wells Mills Highway from Bryant Highway to the Backyard State Parkway in Ocean Township and shut down the next roads:
Backyard State Parkway within the space of Exit 69, Waretown, in each instructions
Rt. 532 (Wells Mills Highway) between Rt. 72 and the Backyard State Parkway
Bryant Highway between Wells Mills Highway (Rt. 532) and Rt. 539
Jones Highway between Rt. 532 and Bryant Highway
A big response has been dispatched to struggle the fireplace. Assets embody forest fireplace service fireplace engines, bulldozers, floor crews, a helicopter able to dropping 300 gallons of water, one other helicopter for remark, and a contact air tanker able to dropping 600 gallons of water.
WILDFIRE UPDATE: Jones Highway Wildfire – Greenwood Forest Wildlife Administration Space – Barnegat Twp, Ocean County
New Jersey Forest Fireplace Service stays on scene of a wildfire burning on the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Administration Space in Barnegat Twp, Ocean County. pic.twitter.com/t5K1R7t9c9
— New Jersey Forest Fireplace Service (@njdepforestfire) April 22, 2025
No accidents have been reported.
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