No one was reportedly injured, and no homes were damaged, although firefighters said 20 structures are still considered threatened.
Firefighters in New Jersey fought 200-foot high flames as they battled a wildfire in the state’s Pine Barrens.On Wednesday firefighters worked to contain a fire that tore through 6 square miles of's Pine Barrens, the National Weather Service issued so-called "red flag warnings" on Wednesday for 20 states spanning the nation.
The blaze in Manchester, near Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, forced the evacuation of around 170 homes late Tuesday, with police and fire officials going door-to-door to ask people to take temporary shelter at a nearby high school. No one was injured, and no homes were damaged, although firefighters said 20 structures were still considered threatened Wednesday afternoon, by which time the fire had been 60% contained.— John Cecil, an assistant commissioner in the state's Department of Environmental Protection.
About 75 firefighters, two helicopters, bulldozers and 15 fire engines were being used to battle the flames.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 .In this photo provided by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, a massive 2,500-acre forest fire burns in Ocean County, N.J.
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