New Jersey wildfire swells to 12,500 acres, could become biggest in 2 decades

A forest wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, just miles from the Shore had ballooned to at least 12,500 acres as of Wednesday and was still spreading, according to state officials. The fire could become New Jersey’s largest in 20 years, Shawn LaTourette, the commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection, said at a news conference. “There’s a lot of work to do,” LaTourette ...