Saturday, August 21, 2010

NJ Wildfire -- Windbeam Fire

Here we again. A wildfire is burning near Ringwood NJ, in the Windbeam Mountains in rocky, inaccessible terrain. Here is a link to a video. There was a helo, delta 7, doing bucket drops in support of the crews on the ground. The fire has burned approximately 6 acres. Containment is difficult because of the rocky terrain. For more information, check out this this wildland fire hotlist thread. According to information on theNJFFS Section B-10 website, the fire is burning on Windbeam Mountain near Stonetown Rd. in Ringwood, NJ. I used this information to get this image for you from Google Earth. Ringwood is not far from the NY border (in grey on google earth).

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