Firefighters work during a wildfire outbreak, in Forked River, in the Ocean County region of New Jersey, U.S., April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
(Corrects headline and first sentence to say "about 20 years," not "20 years"; corrects date of previous fire to 2007, not 2005, in paragraph 3)
(Reuters) -A sprawling wildfire burning in New Jersey's Pinelands near Atlantic Ocean beach towns could become the largest in the state in about 20 years, having already consumed some 11,500 acres, officials said on Wednesday.
