Fire in Greenwood Forest Ocean County Near Jones Road

stiltzkin said:
I've mentioned it in other posts, but NASA FIRMS / VIIRS is very useful for tracking fires.

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There is one satellite image from yesterday at 12:01 ET which may possibly show the starting point, or at least a starting point, just off of Jones Road, here.

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Maybe a bottle in this field, or an illegal camp?
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dragoncjo said:
This fire makes me rethink some of my thoughts on nj forest fires. This moved violently and fast. Also reminds me of the thread of how much time you have to get out of forest if a fire breaks out. Def humbling…
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The 1995 fire in Greenwood Forest was spawned in hell. It barrelled through that forest like a hurricane. I think it was 19,000 acres. Have to look it up.

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I can remember when we use to stealth camp on the Forked River Mountains we would be chasing embers down the hill trying to keep them from starting fires. It never entered my mind that they could have burned all the way across the county. We lucked out.
 
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Teegate said:
I can remember when we use to stealth camp on the Forked River Mountains we would be chasing embers down the hill trying to keep them from starting fires. It never entered my mind that they could have burned all the way across the county. We lucked out.
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I was saying the same thing to my co worker. In my teens we had bin fires out in the woods. We were alway super careful and extinguished the best we could with all the coolers but it still could have lit back up the next day.
 
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bobpbx said:
I had to go to a doctor in Forked River, and so drove home past wells mills. This is the north side of the road. If a backfire can do this, the woods are extremely flammable.

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How many times have you heard me say fire is fire. Backfires can burn as hot as the main fire and it’s impossible to tell the difference just by heat. That was a very HOT fire.
 
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