A wildfire burning through southern New Jersey’s pine lands has nearly tripled in size since Sunday, growing to 7,200 acres, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.
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The Mullica River Fire has nearly tripled in size, to 7,200 acres, since Sunday morning and has been 45 percent contained, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service . No injuries were reported, but the blaze threatens at least 18 structures in the Wharton State Forest area, including the Batsto Village historic site. Wharton State Forest sits amid an ecosystem known as the Pine Barrens, about 20 miles northwest of Atlantic City.
By Monday, fire crews were fighting the blaze in four townships — Washington, Shamong, Hammonton and Mullica — after dry and breezy conditions helped the fire spread, according to the NJFFS. The fire service said crews were working to contain the blaze with backfiring operations, a firefighting tactic in which fires are intentionally set along the inside edge of a fire line to burn fuel in the wildfire’s path so it doesn’t grow.
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