Firefighters Battling New Jersey Wildfires

Firefighters Battling New Jersey Wildfires
A firefighter is silhouetted against a forest fire in Evesham, N.J., on Nov. 6, 2024. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP
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EVESHAM, N.J.—Firefighters were battling blazes in the parched New Jersey Pinelands on Thursday, where they say conditions are the driest they have been in at least 120 years.

A forest fire in the Philadelphia suburb of Evesham forced the evacuation of a dozen homes on Thursday and was threatening dozens of other residences. The blaze was discovered Thursday morning and had burned completely uncontained across less than half a square mile by early afternoon, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said.