Power mostly restored in NJ as wildfire burns

Power has been restored for most people, but it could be several days before that fire is completely contained

Let's check in with Fox News' Meredith Gorman, who's live in Forkid River. And Meredith, you talked to some people who were being impacted by these fires

That's right. I talked to a lot of people and the air is still very smoky and thick

It smells like a campfire out here. And there's been little pieces of ash falling down on us out here all afternoon

But there is some good news. authorities say that there will not be any more evacuations for people going forward

And of course, those who were evacuated are able to go back into their homes as of

this morning. Now, also power is almost fully restored to everybody in these homes. So that's

a good sign. But most residents in the area who I spoke to did leave their homes yesterday for the

evacuation. I mean, one person I spoke to did choose not to saying it was hard to find a place

to go to with his dog. But people have been returning to their homes throughout the day

many without power when they first arrived back But authorities telling us that Jersey Central Power and Light is continually restoring power after shutting it off yesterday due to safety reasons with only 94 customers without

power as of 5 p.m. It's probably about 16 hours now, I'm guessing, something like that there

So they told us to leave. So when the cop came by door to door, that was time for us to go

I think we lost power about 530 in the afternoon, but I heard it was a mandatory shutdown

in protection of the firefighters fighting the fires. You know, you don't want the arcing wires coming down on top of them

Now, we are here on a 55 years old and older street part of the community

but a lot of people had their generators going until about 30 minutes ago

Again, good sign that the power is coming back to everyone. And, you know, a couple of people told me that, of course, this is a horrible thing to have happen in your neighborhood

But the evacuation process really showed people how much their neighbors and their community, how much everybody cares for each other

Natasha, such a tight knit community. Meredith, thank you so much