June 6th, 10 PM
The New Jersey Forest Fire is reporting that the Glory Fire burning in Jackson Township, New Jersey has grown to 50 acres and is not contained. Thirty structures are threatened with local fire companies providing structure protection.
June 6th, 7:45 PM
CBS3 Philadelphia had a live stream of the NJ Forest Fire Service (NJFFS) Press Conference. I watched the press conference and took notes for you. Any errors are mine. The fire is called the Glory Fire and has burned approximately 30 acres, the NJFFS expects the fire to burn about 100 acres and are hoping that they can make good progress in containing the fire tonight. There are road closures in the area. When the NJ Forest Fire Service crews arrived they found the fire burning in an inaccessible location. The primary concern is that 30 homes are threatened, but there are no evacuation orders. New Jersey Forest Fire crews are putting in control lines around the homes, at least one dozer is on the fire, and they will be doing back burns to contain and control the fire. Local fire companies from Jackson Township and near by towns in Ocean and Monmouth counties are assisting with structure protection.
After I wrote the above paragraph, I found the video of the NJFFS press conference on the Glory Fire on YouTube, courtesy of CBS3 in Philadelphia.
Direct link to video from CBS Philadelphia on YouTube
June 6th 6:30 PM
This just in. As I write this, most of New Jersey continues to be under a Red Flag Warning until 8 PM this evening. The NJ Forest Fire Service is having a press conference to provide updates on this fire at 7 PM in Jackson Township. I am going to try to find a live stream of this coverage and will report back here if I am successful, otherwise I will post media updates later tonight.
Some freely available media coverage on this fire:
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