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The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Saturday that the blaze has now burned an estimated 4000 acres (1618.74 hectares), but they report having made “substantial progress” in containing the ...
July 5, 2024 at 12:22 PM. A Pine Barrens wildfire has more than tripled in size from earlier today, now having consumed some 450 acres of the Wharton State Forest in Tabernacle in Burlington ...
Anyone with further information about the fire that could aid in the investigation should call the New Jersey State Park Police tip line, 844-PARK-TIP (844-727-5847).
Wharton State Forest is the largest state forest in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [ 1] It is the largest single tract of land in the state park system of New Jersey, encompassing approximately 122,880 acres (497.3 km 2) of the Pinelands northeast of Hammonton. Its protected acreage is divided between Burlington, Camden, and Atlantic counties.
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service (NJFFS) is an agency within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.Founded in 1906 with a focus on wildland fire suppression and fire protection, the Forest Fire Service is the largest firefighting department within the state of New Jersey in the United States with 85 full-time professional firefighting personnel (career civil service positions ...
July 6, 2024 at 9:55 AM. A wildfire burning across the pinelands in Burlington County scorched 4,000 acres by Saturday morning, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The Tea Time Hill ...
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FOX 29 Staff. July 5, 2024 at 12:29 PM. BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. - Crews in Burlington County, New Jersey are battling a wildfire in Wharton State Forest. Officials say the fire, burning since ...