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BREAKING NEWS LIVE (AS OF 10:30 A.M. ET):
BREAKING: THE FIRE HAS SPREAD OVER 15,000+ ACRES CARS & BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
BREAKING: OFFICIALS ANTICIPATE FULL CONTAINMENT AT 15,410 ACRES.
BREAKING: NO DEATHS REPORTED.
It is now confirmed that over 15000+ acres of the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area in Barnegat, NJ has burned due to a wildfire that is 50% contained.
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is on scene of a wildfire burning at the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area, with 50% contained and 15000 acres burnt. Thousands of people have been evacuated.
According to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, there are a lot of resources being deployed
Forest Fire Service Engines, bulldozers, ground crews
Forest Fire Service Helicopter, which can drop 300 gallons of water & another helicopter for observation
Contact Air Tanker, capable of dropping 600 gallons of water