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Wildfire Burns 99 Acres In Manchester

The cause of the fire, off Harry Wright Boulevard in the Whiting section, remains under investigation.

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Smoke rises from a wildfire that burned 99 acres of forest in the Whiting section of Manchester on Sunday.
Smoke rises from a wildfire that burned 99 acres of forest in the Whiting section of Manchester on Sunday. (Hailey Sloan, published with permission)

MANCHESTER, NJ — A forest fire that burned through 99 acres of woods in the Whiting section of Manchester on Sunday is under investigation, authorities said.

Firefighters from the Whiting Fire Company and the New Jersey Forest Fire Service responded to an 8 a.m. call reporting a 20-acre fire off Harry Wright Boulevard, the Whiting Fire Company said in a post on Facebook Sunday evening.

Fire crews aggressively went to work and contained the fire before it reached any homes nearby, the fire company said.

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Also responding to the fire were the Forked River Fire Department, the Ocean County Fire Coordinator, the Ocean County Fire Marshal's Office, the Ocean County Sheriff's Department and Manchester Township police.

Smoke rises from the Whiting fire off Harry Wright Boulevard in Manchester Sunday. (Nathan Brown, published with permission)
Smoke rising from the Whiting fire that consumed 99 acres of forest on Sunday. (Hailey Sloan, published with permission)
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