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Monday, April 09, 2012
South Park Fire- 500-1,000 acres - Burlington Cnty NJ
This just in. There is a major fire burning near Tabernacle/Woodland Twshp NJ. The fire was reported around 4 AM with early reports of 500 acres. A report at 7 AM from the NJ Forest Fire Service Section B10 has the fire at 1,000 acres with homes threatened. Air support is supposed to start at dawn, but high winds could ground aircraft. Here is an early report on the fire from ABC6 in Philadelphia, and a slightly later report from Fox29 in Philadelphia.
There is a Red Flag Warning out for today with winds that could gust as high as 45 mph.
I'll follow the fire as best I can and will provide updates later.
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