As per the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Route 72 West will be closed at Route 539 due to a forest fire. People are advised to find an alternate route if traveling in the area.
Ocean County Sheriff’s Office via NIXLE
Rt 72 west will be closed at Rt 539 due to a forest fire. Use caution and find a alternate route if traveling in the area.
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Authorities are deeming this fire as “Major” and the New Jersey Forest Fire Service says the wildfire is in a remote area near Spring Hill Road in Burlington County’s Penn State Forset. The large fire broke out early Saturday afternoon.
As per OCSN20 (our person on the scene), a mobile command has been setup at Warren Grove FD and the NJFFS B units were there.
NJ Forest Fire Service Division C has sent 5 engines and a tanker among other units from Sourth Jersey and there are more units staging to join in.
Amy Smith
Michele Hendricks Houser
Isn’t it simply “Penn Forest”? William Penn?
Brian Eastburn multiple ? south jersey
Christine Clarke Billy Clarke Donna Marie Taylor Clarke Frances Giovinazzo Moncalieri Charles Moncalieri
Again?!?!?
Heather Haug VanMarter
Duane Carr you going out there
Heidi Marie
Nelson Thivierge
Alexis Defazio
Crazy you can see it all the way in Brick
Amy L. O’Grady Paradise I saw it coming down the parkway in Wall
Kelly-Jean DeStories
Toms River NJ also seeing the smoke as well to .
Courtney Yee- glad we’re not traveling there this weekend
Jennifer Titone Zdaniecki
Amy Atkinson I think this is what we saw from the Parkway
Beth Spratt Mathis Yes I think you’re right
I’m smelling that all the way up here at the Freehold Mall
We drove right by that area on the way back from Columbus flea market. Pray no one is injured. ??
Trevor R Stankiewitch?
John Contos
Eric R Teschner
Steven Testa
In East Brunswick at a dance comp and you can smell it here!
Carmella Riccardo-Burke there was also a fire in South Amboy
Dam hope everyone’s going 2 alrite
John Sweeney u guys are not that close to the Fire?
Bobby Liong no we saw the smoke but we are not near it at all
Murphy did it
I saw that as far away as when we crossed the Seaside Bridge back to Toms River.
Ashes falling in Whiting
Tom Lenz they sure are
I see it here in TR
Oh no
Wow we can see smoke all the way in Monmouth county
Jess Walters Michael Maloney
John Walters ah ha!
Bigd Dzwonek, I should have known better! To big to be a controlled burn.
Melinda Amorosi Edmundson it is bad saw on the bike, it’s fierce.
Jean Borawski
We noticed it in Brick
Toms River
Brick
I just missed that
Wow
I’m just here to say that there is a typo in this article
Mike LaFrance
At least we don’t give you 10 free shitty articles and charge you!
Could see the smoke in Howell! Hope everyone is safe.
Steve Lang
Saw the ashes falling in whiting when I was omw home
Yoselin Fransini Corella Navarro
I sure hope it wasn’t from “controlled burning”
Rich Mitchell they would never admit that
we were wondering here in beachwood!!! OMG
Kevin John
Daniel Sam
Kelley Werber Rutledge
Jess Horner Kowalski Wasn’t a controlled burn ??♀️ ?
Tara Giaimo oh dangggg ?
Jess Horner Kowalski ohhh look at the sun behind those weird clouds!
Cathy Longo
Ruthie Ford Hilbert Thanks my friend ?
I live in Lakewood and I saw the clouds of smoke
Is 72w still closed?
Glad I didnt go that way today..
Kelly Daletto
Smoke and strong smell in Sayreville
How did it start? Controlled burning perhaps?
Angela Santoro negative.
Christopher John i beg to differ. That’s what the reports are saying….what’s your theory?
You may wanna double check your reports, a few no name papers threw that out there without any evidence or concrete information. This is not from a prescribed burn.
Christopher John just relaying What reports have said. so what caused it.
We can smell it in Jackson and the sky is hazy ?
Our cars are covered in ash, in whiting
I seen ashes falling here in Lakewood too and I could also smell it
Is Route 73 open?