The fire that burned about 843 acres near Oswego Lake (Penn State Forest), known as the Breeches Branch Fire, in Burlington County, NJ is at 90 percent containment according to a 10:30 AM update from my friends at the B10 NJ Wildland Fire Page. See also this article from NJ Advance Media for NJ dot com. My friends at Downstown Aero Crop Service shared some photos of a fire near Oswego Lake in Burlington County on the Downstown Aero Crop Service Facebook Page.
April 23rd, 9:40 AM
Thanks to my friends from the B10 NJ Wildland Fire Page where I learned that a wildfire started Sunday afternoon, April 22nd in Penn State Forest near Oswego Lake in the Pine Barrens in Burlington County NJ (New Jersey Forest Fire Service Section B2). Tanker 81 was working the fire yesterday, reloading out of Coyle Field. An incident command post was set up at nearby Rutgers Experimental Station. On the map below from Google Earth, the Rutgers Experimental Station is not shown on the map, but you pass near by on one of the sand roads approaching Oswego Lake. Tanker 61 was requested yesterday afternoon.
As I write this fire, as of yesterday evening, this fire had burned 843 acres and is at 10 percent containment. No structures are threatened. I understand that the New Jersey Forest Fire Service will provide an update later today and I will update this post at that time. See these articles for more information:
NJ Advanced Media for NJ dot com
Asbury Park Press
Press of Atlantic City
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