Waretown, NJ – Three quarters of a vast Fire Wildfire at Pine Barrens of New Jersey It has been contained, state officials said Monday.
The state forest fire service said that the fire in Ocean Coean in the South of New Jersey had grown to almost 24 square miles (62 square kilometers) but was contained in 75%. No deaths or injuries have been reported, although several buildings and vehicles have been destroyed officials.
A 19 -year -old man from Waretown is accused of fire. Prosecutors say Joseph Kling established wooden pallets On fire and left the area before taking them out, causing what became the second largest fire in the state in almost two decades.
The public defender’s office, which represents King, said that “it is presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of justice.”
It is the forest fire season in the vast pine desert that covers more than 1 million acres (405,000 hectares), an area more or less as large as the large cannon, and firefighters are having low moisture and the sequels of a A lot of time. The Pine Barrens sit between Philadelphia and the Atlantic coast, a region with rapid drain sandy soil and trees with still developed leaves where the winds can rise, drying the forest floor.
The Fire Service said that smoke is expected to remain until the next significant rain.
