WATCH: 1,000-Acre Forest Fire Still Sending Smoke Over Ocean County

(Smoke from the fire on the border of Burlington and Ocean counties can be seen over Barnegat Bay Tuesday morning. Photo by Kevin Knutsen, used with permission)

Firefighters and emergency personnel continue to monitor a forest fire on Burlington-Ocean County border that has resulted in a smoky smell in much of northern Ocean County Tuesday morning.

The Ocean County Sheriff’s office, in a post on Facebook Tuesday morning, described it as a large brush fire which is contained at this point.

“Due to the dry conditions and no wind, expect a strong smell of smoke through today,” the post said.

The fire has burned about 1,000 acres near Routes 72 and 539, authorities said Monday night.

Manchester Township police Monday evening said the smoke could be smelled throughout most of the township, and at times it was so thick that it was reducing visibility on Route 539 between Route 70 in Manchester and Route 72 in Barnegat, the Ocean County Sheriff’s office said.

Monmouth County residents also reported smelling the smoke late Monday night, as it drifted northeast at that point. Tuesday morning, the smell of smoke was strong throughout much of Ocean County.