WHARTON STATE FOREST:

WILDFIRE UPDATE: Dragway Wildfire – Wharton State Forest – Jackson Road – Waterford Twp, Camden County

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service continues to work to contain a wildfire burning in the area of Jackson Rd. and the Atco Dragway in the Wharton State Forest.

The wildfire is 600 acres in size and is 10% contained.

Forest Fire Service crews will continue to utilize a backfiring operation today to burn fuel ahead of the main body of fire throughout the day.

ROAD CLOSURES
⚠️ Jackson Road will close from Atsion Road to Tremont Ave at 11:30 a.m.

STRUCTURES THREATENED / EVACUATIONS
✅ 0 structures threatened
✅ 0 evacuations

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Helpful Wildfire Terminology
🔥 Wildfire – An uncontrolled fire burning the different types of vegetation that cover the land. A wildfire is considered a “major wildfire” after it exceeds 100 acres in size.
🔥 Containment – When reporting on a wildfire a percentage of containment will be given, which will state how much of the fireline has been completed.
🔥 Backfire – A fire intentionally set along the interior edge of a fireline by Forest Fire Service staff to consume fuel in the path of a wildfire and/or to change the direction of force of a fire’s convection column.
🔥 Fireline – The part of a containment or control line that is scraped or dug to mineral soil.
🔥 Threatened – Critical infrastructure, roads, homes and commercial buildings that are in the vicinity of a wildfire.