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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 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.
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 ...
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.
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.
New Jersey's state park system includes properties as small as the 32-acre (0.13 km 2) Barnegat Lighthouse State Park and as large as the 115,000-acre (470 km 2) Wharton State Forest. The state park system comprises 430,928 acres (1,743.90 km 2)—roughly 7.7% of New Jersey's land area—and serves over 17.8 million annual visitors.
As of 3 p.m., the state Forest Fire Service said 40 percent of the fire was contained, and the size had grown from 100 to 300 acres. It also noted no buildings were threatened.