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| Credit: Seth Wenig/AP/Shutterstock A firefighter was critically injured and more than two dozen homes were damaged after a rare wildfire broke out in southern New Jersey on Sunday night. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service (FFS) began encouraging residents to avoid the area of Lakewood around 3:30 p.m. as it responded to an active and growing wildfire. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following ...

‘Firefighters saved my home.’ Neighbors escaped as forest fire raged in N.J. Updated Mar 15, 2021; Posted Mar 15, 2021 The siding on a home along Francis Road in Brick melted from the heat of Sunday's forest fire.Avalon Zoppo/NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Facebook Share The tops of trees peeking out from behind his house were black. Less than 24 hours earlier, Woktowicz said he was walking through the woods with neighbors to investigate smoke coming from the woods. ”When we were walking back there, all of the sudden the fire really started raging by the Parkway I guess and when we turne...