2023 New Jersey Wildfire Season: Small Brush Fire in Mahwah (Bergen County) NJ contained

I often say that there are often at least a few small brush fires that burn each day in New Jersey, and that I have no information on these incidents. When I was watching the New Jersey Forest Fire Service (NJFFS) press conference about the Glory Fire on the morning of June 8th, towards the end of the press conference NJFFS Chief McLaughlin said in response to a reporters question on other wildfire activity that "90 percent of the wildfires in New Jersey are under five acres." I was engaging in my morning routine of checking weather, New Jersey broadcast media, and social media when I got lucky and found a short report on News 12 New Jersey reporting on a small brush fire on Split Rock Road in the northern Bergen County town of Mahwah. Split Rock Road sits quite close to the New Jersey-New York border. I do not usually find reports on small brush fires such as this one on local media, so I am taking the opportunity to share about this fire here.

News 12 New Jersey reported on the Split Rock brush fire in a June 9th report that includes video footage of wildland fire crews descending out of the forest after containing the fire. Crews from New Jersey and New York were working this fire which may have started at night on May 8th but may not have been reported when the fire broke out due to smoke and haze in the area. A citizen reported the fire early in the morning of June 9th. Crews came and quickly put out the fire. Crews will remain to work on hot spots. 

Thanks to the citizen who reported this brush fire early this morning and for the fire crews who quickly responded and were able to quickly put out this fire.