Firefighters Battling Forest Blaze In New Jersey Pine Barrens
SHAMONG TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) - Dozens of firefighters are battling a blaze in the Wharton State Forest in Burlington County, NJ. Officials say it was spotted about 7 AM this morning and had already...
View ArticleCamden County Forest Fire Under Investigation
By Todd Quinones WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) - The concern tonight and through the early morning hours is visibility on Route 206 in Burlington County The New Jersey Forest Fire Service will be...
View ArticleCamden County Forest Fire Continues To Burn
By David Madden WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) - Crews have contained about half of a 200-plus acre fire that continues to burn deep in the Wharton State Forest in South Jersey. The fire started...
View ArticleDEP: Fire In Wharton State Forest Is contained
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A forest fire that has consumed more than 200 acres in southern New Jersey has been contained. A state environmental department spokesman tells The Press of Atlantic...
View ArticleTake A Virtual Tour Of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens
By Phran Novelli PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Just 20 miles from Philadelphia lie the New Jersey Pine Barrens – but what do you know about them? Well, Thursday September 27, at 5:30 pm, The Wagner Free...
View ArticleMan Killed In Boating Accident In South Jersey
WATERFORD, N.J. (AP) — State police say a man has died in an apparent boating accident in southern New Jersey’s Pinelands region. The man, identified only as a 61-year-old Burlington County resident,...
View ArticleCrews Battle Fire Inside Wharton State Forest
By Molly Daly HAMMONTON, NJ (CBS) – Crews have contained a large fire that’s burned about 1,600 acres in New Jersey’s Wharton State Forest. The fire is burning about four miles northeast of Batsto...
View ArticleFirefighters Work To Contain Blazes Raging Across South Jersey Pinelands
By David Madden SHAMONG, N.J. (CBS) — At least five major forest fires in central and southern New Jersey have taken out 2,800 acres of woodland since Wednesday. And one blaze continues to scorch some...
View ArticleBehave In New Jersey Forests, Or Else…
BATSTO, N.J. (CBS) – Signs are going up at New Jersey’s largest state forest warning people to use the place properly. The Wharton State Forest attracts some 700,000 people a year, and that number is...
View Article1,000 Acres Burning At Wharton State Forest
BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. (CBS)– Crews continue to battle a massive forest fire in Wharton State Forest in New Jersey Friday that started on Thursday afternoon. It’s happening just a few miles north of...
View ArticleOfficials: 3,500-Acre Forest Fire Fully Contained In New Jersey
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) — A fire in a remote part of New Jersey’s Wharton State Forest continues to burn, but officials say it is now fully contained. The 3,500-acre fire near the historic...
View ArticleLarge Wildfire In Wharton State Forest Contained, But Officials Warn Of...
SHAMONG TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) — A large wildfire in the Wharton State Forest has been contained for now, but officials say people who live in the area are not in the clear just yet. They are keeping a...
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