Stretch of New Jersey's Garden State Parkway reopens as firefighters battle 5,000-acre blaze

A long stretch of New Jersey's Garden State Parkway has reopened as firefighters work to contain a 5,000-acre forest fire. The blaze broke out Wednesday night in the Bass River State Forest, along the border of Burlington and Ocean counties in southern New Jersey. The state Forest Fire Service says it's now 80 percent contained and no longer threatening any structures or residential areas. Roughly 40 people were evacuated Thursday from a camping area as a precaution. That site remained shuttered Friday. Most of New Jersey also has air quality warnings due to smoke from major wildfires in Canada.