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The Tea Time Hill fire in Wharton State Forest, which started in Tabernacle, was about 60% contained. The fire was located around Apple Pie Hill and Batona Campground, according to officials.
As of 3 p.m. Friday, an uncontained wildfire in Wharton State Forest has burned 450 acres. Two structures are threatened, officials said.
The fire, which measured 4,300 acres in the area of the Batona Campground and Apple Pie Hill in Wharton State Forest, was 90% contained by 8 p.m. Monday, the fire service said.
But firefighters were making progress against the blaze in the Wharton State Forest. It was 40 percent contained around 8 p.m., said the state Forest Fire Service.
The Mullica River fire was a 2022 wildfire in the Wharton State Forest in portions of Atlantic and Burlington counties in New Jersey. [1] The fire began in a remote area of the Wharton State Forest, and firefighters suspect it was caused by an illegal campfire found near its origin; [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it was first spotted from a fire tower at 10 AM on ...
Black Hawk helicopters scooped water from a lake to dump on a burning forest in New York state. A park in Manhattan caught fire. And authorities in two states revealed criminal charges Wednesday against people accused of setting some of the wildfires that have plagued the northeast U.S. in recent weeks.
The 4,000-acre fire's containment increased to 75% from 65% Sunday afternoon, leaving the Batona Campground in Wharton State Forest still evacuated, the fire service said.
Wharton State Forest covers more than 110,000 acres in Burlington, Camden and Atlantic counties. Anyone with information about the blaze is asked to call the New Jersey State Park Police tip line ...