Firefighters in New Jersey are working to extinguish a 200-acre fire that is burning in the Wharton State Forest, near the recently closed Atco Dragway, in Waterford Township.
On Monday morning, crews gathered at the recently shuttered Atco Dragway, along Jackson Road, in order to coordinate firefighting efforts.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.
Wildfire alerts were sent out late Sunday, though officials said, there are no homes in the area of the fire and no one is expected to need to evacuate because of the wildfire. On Sunday, firefighters were working to improve containment lines and were conducting a backfiring operation intended to help burn away fuel that could have fed the wildfire.Local
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