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As of 3 p.m. Friday, an uncontained wildfire in Wharton State Forest has burned 450 acres. Two structures are threatened, officials said.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
It was 40 percent contained around 8 p.m., said the state Forest Fire Service. It said crews had conducted a backfire operation to burn fuel ahead of the main body of fire. That was intended to ...
On New York's Long Island, a 20-year-old volunteer firefighter was charged with intentionally setting a brush fire Tuesday that wound up damaging a parked car, the Suffolk County Police Department said in a news release. Dry conditions from coast to coast were contributing to the spread of wildfires.
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 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.