New Jersey wildfire could become state’s largest in nearly 20 years

RICH McKAY and DOYINSOLA OLADIPO / REUTERS – A fast-growing wildfire was burning in New Jersey’s Pinelands near its Atlantic Ocean beach towns on Wednesday and threatened to become the largest in the state in nearly 20 years, officials said on Wednesday. The Jones Road Wildfire had spread to 13,250 acres (54 sq km) on Wednesday night and was 50% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said in a statement …