Fire in Greenwood Forest Ocean County Near Jones Road

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New Jersey Forest Fire Service is on scene of a wildfire burning at the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area in Barnegat Twp, Ocean County.
Crews are in the process of constructing new containment lines and reinforcing existing ones. A backfiring operation is underway to burn fuel in advance of the main body of fire.
SIZE & CONTAINMENT
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150 acres
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0% contained
STRUCTURES THREATENED
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12 structures threatened along Bryant Road and Wells Mills Road (Rt. 532)
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0 structures evacuated
ROADS AFFECTED
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Rt. 532 (Wells Mills Road) between Rt. 72 and the Garden State Parkway
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Bryant Road is closed between Wells Mills Road (Rt. 532) and Rt. 539
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Jones Road is closed between Rt. 532 and Bryant Road.
RESOURCES DEPLOYED
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Forest Fire Service fire engines, bulldozers and ground crews.
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A Forest Fire Service helicopter capable of dropping 300 gallons of water, along with a helicopter for observation
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A contact air tanker capable of dropping 600 gallons of water
FIRE CAUSE
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Under investigation
NEXT UPDATE
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Approximately 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22
PRESS CONFERENCE
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The Forest Fire Service will host a press conference at 5 p.m. at the Wells Mills County Park.
 

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It is in the area of the old Cedar Bridge Fire Tower Ruins on Bryant Road and Jones Road. I suspect they will let most of that area burn to the Cave Cabin Branch.

 
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bobpbx

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This is quite a suggestion:

Precaution! Voluntary evacuation East of Garden State Parkway to US Highway 9. All houses and businesses North and South of Route 532.

Ocean Twp Police Dept
 
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This site has some photos and information. It looks like horse trailers are needed to evacuate animals in many places. One article says the Lacey Industrial park may be a total loss.

 

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The ShopRite in Waretown has been evacuated. The parkway is closed for 17 miles.
 
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The Lakewood Scoop is saying this.

Flames from the Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey have now reached buildings on the campus of the shuttered Oyster Creek nuclear power plant.
 
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enormiss

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Not detailed, but something

 
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