Fort Mott wildfire

[Boyd]

(mod note: posts split from a thread about rain)
This is a weird one. Small storm is being spawned around Salem and moving fast to the Southeast, the most intense part is currently at the border of Quinton and Alloway and it just seems to keeps going. Nothing else on the radar anywhare in the region and no mention of any possibility of rain in any of the area forecasts. The only alert is a fire warning for very dry, windy conditions.

https://boydsmaps.com/nexrad/#10/39.5267/-75.3394

 

[Wildland937]

This is a weird one. Small storm is being spawned around Salem and moving fast to the Southeast, the most intense part is currently at the border of Quinton and Alloway and it just seems to keeps going. Nothing else on the radar anywhare in the region and no mention of any possibility of rain in any of the area forecasts. The only alert is a fire warning for very dry, windy conditions.

https://boydsmaps.com/nexrad/#10/39.5267/-75.3394

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That is an intense wildfire on Fort Mott

 

[Boyd]

Thanks - Wow! That never even crossed my mind! Moving this to another thread....

Found this

"Massive brush fire in the brush across from fort mott and into supawna meadows. Huge black plumes of smoke people are seeing from miles and miles away. This is bad"

https://www.reddit.com/r/SouthJersey/comments/1j193wd

 

[Boyd]

That's an incredible plume of smoke.

 

[smoke_jumper]

 

[Boyd]

"In Salem County, the glow of heavy flames lit up the night sky near Fort Mott State Park in Pennsville Township after a fire first broke out around 3 p.m. near Fort Mott Road. Thick clouds of black smoke could be seen in the air for miles, and Pennsville Fire Chief Mike Miller said it's one of the largest fires his department has seen in a long time. Miller added that the fire appears to be suspicious. "The division of fire safety for the state, along with our fire code official and the Pennsville police are looking into that," said Miller."

Strong winds fuel South Jersey wildfires, fire in Pennsville Township deemed suspicious

The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement Sunday due to the increased risk of fire spread in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

www.cbsnews.com