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The fire covers 39 acres and is 30% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said. No structures are threatened. New York City Emergency Management said New Yorkers may smell smoke on Friday.
The Jennings Creek fire is 50% contained, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said in a Wednesday evening update, after reporting 30% containment earlier in the day. Authorities have said the blaze ...
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported just before 3:30 p.m. Saturday that the fire had spread across 164 acres and was 50% contained. The service says the flames are threatening 55 ...
New Jersey Forest Fire Service Chief Bill Donnelly speaks at a press conference about the forest fires throughout the state, some of which have been burning since early July. This has been one of ...
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 ...
Continued dry weather has raised the risk of wildfires across New Jersey, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. It said the forest fire service has responded to more than ...
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 ...
Today, these 21 towers provide New Jersey an inexpensive and effective first response system that aids the New Jersey Forest Fire Service in quickly suppressing and in preventing damage caused by reported wildfires. The Forest Fire Service estimates that 25 percent of wildfires within the state every year are first spotted by a lookout. [7]