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WILDFIRE UPDATE: Jones Road Wildfire - Ocean & Lacey Townships, Ocean County SIZE & CONTAINMENT 🔥 15,300 acres 🔥 65% contained Precipitation received yesterday afternoon over the northern portion of the fire varied in amounts. 0.00” to a trace of rainfall fell over the southern portion of the fire over the past 12 hours. Crews are currently mopping up hotspots and patrolling the fire perimeter. STRUCTURES THREATENED ⚠️ 4 structures threatened ✅ Evacuations are 100% lifted for the approximately 5,000 residents evacuated on April 22 in Lacey and Ocean townships. PROPERTY DAMAGE ⚠️ 1 commercial building destroyed ⚠️ Multiple outbuildings and vehicles destroyed ⚠️ A complete damage assessment is underway ROADS AFFECTED ✅ Rt. 532 (Wells Mills Road) has reopened ✅ Garden State Parkway has reopened ⚠️ Unimproved roadways within the fire perimeter remain closed RESOURCES DEPLOYED 🚒 Forest Fire Service fire engines, bulldozers, helicopters and ground crews FIRE CAUSE 🔥 A Waretown man has been charged with aggravated arson and arson in connection with Jones Road Wildfire. Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/NJForestFireService/posts/pfbid0PKULt9w7YRDjXopauP3qbbnrELitmCyHrnBcsBq6prWgtuHcUDAFyWNqCDZQPGSHl NEXT UPDATE ⏰ Approximately 12 p.m. on Monday, April 28 provided fire behavior conditions remain unchanged. NO DRONES IN FIRE ZONES Please remember, “No Drones in Fire Zones - If YOU fly, WE can't!” More info: https://www.facebook.com/NJForestFireService/posts/pfbid02XeCUXmgBdqXSqbZE3d3roqQb3EFkkFKRD9xkav4VYaHKWzL4Mym9HoVHMdPGUpvwl ----------------------- Helpful Wildfire Terminology 🔥 Wildfire - An uncontrolled fire burning the different types of vegetation that cover the land. A wildfire is considered a “major wildfire” after it exceeds 100 acres in size. 🔥 Containment - When reporting on a wildfire a percentage of containment will be given, which will state how much of the fireline has been completed. 🔥 Backfire - A fire intentionally set along the interior edge of a fireline by Forest Fire Service staff to consume fuel in the path of a wildfire and/or to change the direction of force of a fire’s convection column. 🔥 Fireline - The part of a containment or control line that is scraped or dug to mineral soil. 🔥 Threatened - Critical infrastructure, roads, homes and commercial buildings that are in the vicinity of a wildfire. #NJFFS #NJForestFireService #NewJerseyDEP