New Jersey Forest Fire Prompts Thousands of Evacuations and Closes Major Highway

The Associated Press
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BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J.—A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey on Tuesday forced thousands of people to evacuate and closed a stretch of a major highway.

The Garden State Parkway, one of New Jersey’s busiest highways, was closed between Barnegat and Lacey townships, according to the New Jersey Fire Service.