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The Jimmy's Waterhole fire was one of 14 major wildfires in New Jersey last year, according to state officials. In total, 18,000 acres of New Jersey's woodlands were consumed by nearly 1,200 ...
Rain was falling across the Northeast on Sunday afternoon, bringing a much-needed assist to firefighters battling a major wildfire straddling the border of New Jersey and New York.. But the blaze ...
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 Pinelands National Reserve contains approximately 1.1 million acres (4,500 km 2) of land, and occupies 22% of New Jersey's land area, including territory of much of seven counties. Counties affected by the act are Atlantic , Burlington , Camden , Cape May , Cumberland , Gloucester and Ocean .
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]
View north from a fire tower on Apple Pie Hill, the highest point in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Pine barrens, pine plains, sand plains, or pineland areas occur throughout the U.S. from Florida to Maine (see Atlantic coastal pine barrens) as well as the Midwest, West, and Canada and parts of Eurasia.
The Jennings Creek fire has burned at least 3,500 acres on the New York and New Jersey border. It was just 20% contained as of Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. Michael Guillen/NY Post
NJ fire officials expect to have the West Milford Jennings Creek fire under control by week's end, but as of Sunday it remained 0% contained.