Multiple Wildfires Delay NJ Transit Trains In South Jersey

PENNSAUKEN, NJ — NJ Transit trains in South Jersey were temporarily suspended early Friday as multiple wildfires broke out, officials said.

As of 9:20 a.m. Friday, the Atlantic City Rail Line was back in service both ways between Philadelphia 30th Street and Cherry Hill, though riders are subject to up to 15 minute delays, NJ Transit officials said.

Fires broke out in Pennsauken around 1:30 a.m. in a wooded area off Park Avenue between Merion Avenue and Cooper Avenue, the Pennsauken Fire Department said.

NJ TRANSIT rail tickets and passes are being cross honored by PATCO and NJ TRANSIT buses.

Wildfires have been breaking out across the Garden State as drought conditions have caused flames to spread quickly. The state is under Stage 3 fire restrictions, prohibiting charcoal fires and only allowing fires in elevated stoves that use only propane, gas, natural gas or electricity. A 100-acre wildfire is currently burning in Cumberland County, with the state listing fire danger as "extreme" in South Jersey Friday.