Key takeaways:
- The Jimmy’s Waterhole Fire has spread across 3,859 acres in less than 24 hours.
- 170 structures in the Manchester Township area were evacuated Tuesday night, but all residents have since been allowed to return home.
- Firefighters have faced “200-foot flames raining fire embers”, but no structures have been damaged and no injuries have been reported.
A rapidly spreading wildfire in southern New Jersey has spread across 3,859 acres in less than 24 hours, authorities said Wednesday. The Jimmy’s Waterhole Fire was 50% contained as of Wednesday morning, officials said.
John Cecil, the assistant commissioner of state parks, forests and historic sites at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, said at a news conference Wednesday morning that the fire was a “severe situation.”
The fire was reported on federal, state and private property in Manchester Township, New Jersey, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said on its Facebook page Tuesday evening. About 170 structures in the Manchester Township area were evacuated Tuesday night, but all residents have since been allowed to return home, Manchester Police Chief Robert Dolan said during a news conference Wednesday.
Cecil said that firefighters have faced “200-foot flames raining fire embers.” Fortunately, no structures have been damaged and no injuries have been reported.
Firefighters are continuing to battle the blaze and are working to contain it. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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