The fire started in the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area of Ocean County Tuesday morning and 10% has been contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said. The cause is under investigation. Acting New Jersey Gov. Tahesha Way declared a state of emergency for Ocean County due to the wildfire Wednesday morning. “At this time, we have no loss of life and no homes have been harmed,” Way said in a post on X. No injuries have been reported, but several businesses in an industrial park in Lacey Township have burned, Ocean County Undersheriff Jon Lombardi told CNN. Mandatory evacuation orders were in effect Tuesday for parts of Lacey and Ocean townships. The orders were rescinded Wednesday morning as conditions improved, Donna Flynn, Ocean County Public Information Director, told CNN.

Firefighters are battling an 8,500-acre fire in the New Jersey Pinelands in Ocean County that has left thousands of people without power. It shut down major roadways and caused evacuations after it ignited Tuesday, but some roads have reopened and evacuation orders have been lifted. The blaze, dubbed the Jones Road Wildfire, was only 10% contained as of Tuesday night, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said. No injuries have been reported and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. As of Wednesday morning, 1,320 structures in Barnegat, Ocean and Lacey townships are under threat and 25,000 residents are without electricity.

A fast-moving wildfire was burning in New Jersey, but officials on Wednesday lifted earlier evacuation orders and a stretch of a major highway that was closed due to the blaze has reopened. More than 1,300 structures were threatened and about 3,000 residents had been evacuated, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said. Lacey Township Police said Wednesday morning that evacuation orders were lifted. Shelters were open at two high schools, according to the Barnegat Police Department. The Garden State Parkway, one of New Jersey’s busiest highways, reopened Wednesday morning after officials closed a roughly 7-mile stretch in the southern part of the state.