(CNN) — Weather conditions are improving Wednesday as firefighters continue to battle a large wildfire that burned more than 8,500 acres in southern New Jersey on Tuesday, prompted more than ...

according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. An 11-mile section of the Garden State Parkway has been shut.

(CNN) — Weather conditions are improving Wednesday as firefighters continue to battle a still-growing wildfire that has burned at least 13,250 acres in southern New Jersey since it ignited on ...

A raging wildfire broke out across 8,500 acres in New Jersey on Tuesday ... including for 17 miles of the Garden State Parkway, Route 9, Route 532, Lakeside Drive, Jones Road, Bryant Road and ...

The Jones Road Fire tore through over 15,300 acres of drought-stricken Pine Barrens—leaving a smoky scar visible from space.

0:58 Massive wildfire burns through thousands of acres in New ... New Jersey since Tuesday and prompted more than 3,000 evacuations, while briefly shutting down part of the Garden State Parkway ...

The fire in the Pine Barrens led to the evacuation of 5,000 residents and temporarily shut down a stretch of the Garden State ... New Jersey Forest Fire Service. By 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the ...

A wildfire near the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County started Tuesday and continued to burn Wednesday. Peak wildfire season in New Jersey runs through mid-May. A massive wildfire in Ocean ...

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — 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 ...