Multiple wildfires are raging in the southern half of the state.

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is on the scene of the Bethany Run wildfire burning on the border of Burlington and Camden Counties in Evesham and Voorhees townships, where authorities say roughly 200 acres have burned and none of it is contained yet.

12 structures have been evacuated out of a total of 104 threatened.

Now, there are multiple road closures and crews on the ground who are warning the public to keep away from the area.

Meanwhile, over in Ocean County, the shotgun wildfire in Jackson Township has grown to 300 acres with just 40% contained.

The causes of the fires are still under investigation.

The lack of rain and warmer than normal temperatures have fueled the historic wildfire risk in New Jersey this season.

In fact, the drought situation worsened today with extreme drought now marked in parts of five counties.