New Jersey wildfire forces evacuations and reaches closed nuclear power plant

Part of major highway closed as 3,000 people move to safety and officials say fire could become state's largest in 20 years

A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey forced thousands of people to temporarily evacuate on Tuesday, as officials warned the blaze could become the largest in the state in about 20 years.

Flames from the Jones Road wildfire in Ocean county sparked several small blazes near a decommissioned Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, state officials said.