In the pine bare of New Jersey, the wildfire has spread rapidly, although the authorities withdrew the order to vacate the first given area and a part of the major highway closed due to the fire was reopened.
Earlier, ‘New Jersey Forest Fire Service’ had said that more than 1,300 buildings are threatened and about three thousand people have been sent elsewhere. Officials said on Wednesday that orders to vacate the area have been canceled.
According to Barnegate Police Department, shelter sits have been built in two schools. Garden State Parkway, one of the busiest highways in New Jersey, was reopened on Wednesday morning.
The authorities had closed about 12 km long in the southern part of the state. Wildfire is a common phenomenon in pine barren, there is a state and federal protected forest area of 445,000 hectares.
Garden State Parkway, one of the busiest highways in New Jersey, was closed between Barnegate and Lacey Township on Tuesday night. The Ocean County Sheriff Office posted on Wednesday morning that it has been reopened.
‘Jersey Central Power and Light Company’ cut the power of about 25 thousand consumers on the request of ‘Forest Fire Service’ on Tuesday evening, including thousands of consumers of Barnegate Township. The company said on the social media forum ‘X’ that electricity is not expected to be restored before Wednesday.
