Direct link to video from JeffStang on YouTube.
Thanks to my friends from the B10 NJ Wildfire Page who shared this YouTube video from JeffStang of footage of the Baler Wildfire that burned on March 7th in North Arlington, NJ on Baler Blvd. As near as I can figure out from having lived near North Arlington over 20 years ago. The wildfire was near 100 Baler Blvd in North Arlington, in an area that I referred to as the Hackensack Meadowlands. At the very least, you will get an idea of where the Baler Wildfire burned. Click on the image and you can get a larger image that might be easier to read. On the right side of the image is the New Jersey Turnpike I lived a couple blocks from the Meadowlands and I could see wildfires in the Meadowlands from my house, so I can say that it is not uncommon for wildfires to occur in the Meadowlands. The video is almost nine minutes long. If you watch the video, you will get an idea of what the Meadowlands looks like.
I found two media articles reporting on the Baler Wildfire. Both report that the fire was near Belleville Turnpike, a road that cuts through the Meadowlands. You might be able to make out Belleville Turnpike in the image below.
According to my friends at the B10 NJ Wildfire Page, the NJ Forest Fire Service was in unified command with the Kearny Fire Department, Kearny is in Hudson County bordering North Arlington (Bergen County). The Baler Wildfire burned approximately 40 acres of gras/marsh and was contained at about 9 PM on March 7th. I can say that the Kearny Fire Department as well as the Fire Departments from other towns adjoining the Hackensack Meadowlands are very good at working wildfires in the Meadowlands.
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