Garden State Parkway is closed and mandatory evacuations are in effect ... The cause of the fire remains under investigation. A live map of the affected areas can be viewed here.

NJ wildfire forces mandatory evacuation for thousands The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said the fire started around 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area in Barnegat ...

Mandatory evacuation orders were in effect Tuesday for in parts of Lacey and Ocean townships. The orders were rescinded Wednesday morning as conditions improved, Donna Flynn, Ocean County Public ...

OCEAN COUNTY, New Jersey (WCBS) — A wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey is burning across thousands of acres, forcing mandatory evacuations overnight in Ocean and Lacey townships. As of 6:30 a ...

(CNN) — Weather conditions are improving Wednesday as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire that’s burned more than 11,500 acres in southern New Jersey since it ignited on Tuesday ...