Firefighters in New Jersey are reporting “substantial progress” in battling a wildfire that is threatening dozens of structures, one of a number of forest fires they are fighting in the state. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Forest Fire Service said Saturday afternoon that the fire in the Pompton Lakes area of Passaic County is 50% contained. The blaze is burning over 162 acres and is reportedly threatening 55 structures, although no evacuations have been ordered. Another wildfire that sprawls over 1,800 acres in Passaic County’s West Milford and Orange County, New York, threatens 10 structures.
