March 14 10:25 PM
At about 9:30 PM, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported:
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Forest Fire Service personnel and equipment are on scene and conducting suppression and backfiring operations in response to a wildfire in the Lakewood area.
Initial reports indicate the fire is approximately 162 acres in size as of 6:30 p.m on Sunday, March 14.
Two commercial structures are confirmed to be damaged.
The wildfire has come close to residential areas, and residents in the Lakewood and Brick Twp. areas are urged to stay away from impacted areas and emergency response activity. (obtained at 10:25 PM on March 14, 2021 from https://www.facebook.com/NJForestFireService/posts/793125181310100
March 14 9 PM
A tweet from Lakewood News Network with some video shot earlier this afternoon of the brush fire
HAPPENING NOW: Heavy brush fire in Lakewood Industrial Park has caused commercial buildings to go up in flames. Lakewood, state Forest Fire Service and mutual aid is on scene. Nearby businesses have been evacuated. pic.twitter.com/iGYa0vVPGL
— Lakewood News Network (@LakewoodNewsNet) March 14, 2021
In an update to their earlier report, ABC6 in Philadelphia provided some updates and added a video. One newly added video features Maris Gabliks of the NJ Forest Fire Service who said the fire is at about 40 percent containment, evacuations were in place, structures were damaged, roadways were closed, the fire jumped the Garden State Parkway, two helicopters and a SEAT were working the fire, and one firefighter is injured.
According to the Asbury Park Press (March 14), Caryn Shinsky from the NJ Department of Environmental Protection says that at 6:30 pm the fire was at 162 acres
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has posted about the fire on their Facebook page, unfortunately I am unable to link to their post. But as they update their page, I will summarize here.
March 14 5:25 PM
This just in, as I was mucking around with various settings and the like I this blog, I got an alert from NJ Advance Media about a large brush fire near Lakewood in southern New Jersey that has shut down the Garden State Parkway from mile marker 82 to 91. Red flag warnings are up through late Monday afternoon. I believe that the fire was reported somewhere around 1:30 pm this afternoon. Structures are burning. A single-engine air tanker and a helicopter with a bucket are deployed. As of 4 PM today, evacuations are in place in Brick. The New Jersey Advance Media March 14 article may be found here. No size information is available at this time.
ABC6 in Philadelphia (see this March 14th report) is reporting on the fire, see their video below.
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