Weather conditions are improving Wednesday as firefighters continue to battle a still-growing wildfire that’s burned more than 12,000 acres in southern New Jersey since it ignited on Tuesday, prompted more than 3,

A wildfire in the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area near Barnegat Township, New Jersey, has burned 8,500 acres and is only 10% contained. The Jones Road Wildfire, which erupted Tuesday, prompted the evacuation of thousands of residents and forced the closure of a major stretch of highway as thick smoke drifted across the Jersey Shore.

Officials at the decommissioned Oyster Creek nuclear plant nearby said all buildings on the site are designed to withstand fires.