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In February, a 70-acre wildfire burned for days across the New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap.
Sunday's fire was 90 percent under control as of 4 p.m. that day, park officials said.
The blaze had burned across one acre as of 2:30 p.m., and was located at the intersection of the Red Dot and Blue-blazed trails.
Eleven firefighters from the NPS and the NJ State Forest Fire Service responded, and a helicopter was placed on standby with a bucket ready.
Parking lots of Worthington State Forest were closed Saturday when they exceeded the 50 percent capacity rule imposed by Gov. Phil Murphy among the COVID-19 pandemic.
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