Fire activity in NJ on May 8

As you know from my previous post, Red Flag Warnings are currently in effect for southern NJ; all of DE; and portions of SE PA, MD. and VA until 8 PM this evening (May 8, 2010). Enhanced fire weather conditions exist in portions of northern NJ as well. A fire weather watch is in effect for tomorrow. A wind advisory is currently in effect until 6 AM Sunday. As I write this, winds are gusting at about 30 to 35 knots.

There is what may be a major fire currently burning near the Country Lakes Area of Pemberton, NJ (Burlington County) near Rte. 70. I have been monitoring this thread on the Wildland Fire hotlist forums. In addition, I expect that the NJFFS Section B10 website will provide another update either later today or early tomorrow, depending on their ability to update their website. Obviously, if the webmaster is working the fire, those updates will come later. A report from NJ.com may be found here and a report from Philly.com may be found here. Photos from Philly.com may be found here.

I have been monitoring the online scanner feed for Division B of the NJ Forest Fire Service (available here) for most of the afternoon. In the time that I have been listening to this scanner feed, I have heard reports of numerous small fires.

Scanner feed for Division A of the NJ Forest Fire Service is available at this location.

Stay safe everyone!