Weather Key Variable To Containing South Jersey Wildfire
Firefighters were keeping an anxious eye on the weather Wednesday as they fought to contain a massive wildfire that has consumed more than 12,000 acres, almost 20 square miles, of brush and pine forest in southern New Jersey.
Dry conditions and strong winds helped fan the blaze, which began Tuesday afternoon on a military aerial bombing range about 25 miles north of Atlantic City.
No deaths or injuries have been attributed to the fire, but it has forced the evacuation of about 2,500 homes in the area along the border between Ocean and Burlington counties.
Firefighting operations were scaled back overnight, with about 100 firefighters from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service as well as 200 emergency responders from Ocean, Burlington and Atlantic counties on the job, said Willie Cirone, deputy public information officer for the forest fire service.
Cirone said officials were considering conducting a burnout operation along the Garden State Parkway during the overnight hours to try to get the eastern side of the fire contained.
Source: www.foxnews.com
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