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Nearly 900 acres of a New Jersey state forest have burned in a wildfire that was still burning Sunday night, reports said.
The blaze started at Bass River State Forest in Little Egg Harbor Township, WPVI reported.
Some nearby residents voluntarily evacuated their homes, NBC Philadelphia reported. Crews continue battling 1,000 acre forest fire in Little Egg Harbor Township on Sunday.
WPVI
Firefighters are getting the upper hand on a wildfire that was out of control overnight, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Monday,
At one point, the inferno was getting dangerously close to 100 structures, the fire service said. By Monday afternoon, the number of structures threatened had dropped to 30.
No injuries have been reported, and no structures have been damaged.
The wildfire near Little Egg Harbor Township was first spotted around 4 p.m. Sunday. It was burning in an area with limited accessibility inside Bass River State Forest, the fire service said.
The blaze was east of the Garden State Parkway and close to the Ocean and Burlington county lines.