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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.
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 County, just south of Ocean ...
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 ...
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 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.
A wildfire that broke out July 4 in New Jersey's Wharton State Forest by someone using illegal fireworks has long been considered contained. But it has been smoldering underground for four months and could reignite above ground, McLaughlin 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 ...