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[Kalé Carey]
DESPITE A 12-THOUSAND ACRE FIRE BURNING AND EXPECTED TO GROW, NEW JERSEY OFFICIALS HAVE LIFTED EVACUATION ORDERS FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND REOPENED A HIGHWAY SHUTDOWN DUE TO THE WILDFIRE.
OFFICIAL SAY MORE THAN 13-HUNDRED STRUCTURES WERE AT RISK FROM THE FIRE AND ROUGHLY FIVE-THOUSAND PEOPLE FACED EVACUATION ORDERS. ALL EVACUATION ORDERS ARE NOW HALTED.
ACTING GOVERNOR TAHESHA [TAH-HISHA] WAY DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR OCEAN COUNTY IN RESPONSE TO THE FIRE.
OFFICIALS SAY THIS FIRE COULD BE HISTORIC.
THIS COULD VERY WELL END UP BEING THE LARGEST WILDFIRE IN NEW JERSEY IN 20 YEARS.
THANKFULLY, NO RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WERE LOST. WE DID LOSE ONE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE. SOME OUTBUILDINGS WERE ALSO EFFECTED AND SEVERAL VEHICLES AS WELL. AND AROUND 5,000 RESIDENTS WERE UNDER EITHER MANDATORY OR VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS AND THOSE EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED, AGAIN, THANKS TO THE GREAT WORK OF ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS INVOLVED.”
OFFICIALS SAY RAIN FORECASTED FOR LATER IN THE WEEK MAY HELP PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE FIRE AND IF IT COMES, THEY EXPECT TO HAVE THE FIRE FULLY CONTAINED BY THE WEEKEND.
THE JERSEY CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY SAYS IT SHUT OFF POWER TO AROUND 25-THOUSAND CUSTOMERS TO HELP FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS. THEY SAY THE ELECTRICITY SHOULD BE RESTORED SOMETIME WEDNESDAY.
THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
OFFICIALS SAY NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
THE ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS IN NEW JERSEY THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS HAVE REPORTEDLY LED TO MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF WILDFIRES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS REPORTED ON WILDFIRES IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK LAST YEAR, ONE WHICH TURNED FATAL.
WEATHER MODELS NOW WARN THAT THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRES COULD FIND ITS WAY TO NEW YORK CITY.
WEATHER MODELS NOW WARN THAT THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRES COULD FIND ITS WAY TO NEW YORK CITY.
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