RJPONZIO.COM » Local Events http://www.rjponzio.com Technology, Walkthroughs, Opinions... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:34:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Fire At Barnegat http://www.rjponzio.com/2007/05/15/fire-at-barnegat/ http://www.rjponzio.com/2007/05/15/fire-at-barnegat/#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 02:05:45 +0000 RJ Ponzio http://www.rjponzio.com/2007/05/15/fire-at-barnegat/ Starting before 3PM on May 15th, a massive forest fire started to consume 15,000 acres of the New Jersey Pinelands. The Air National Guard has claimed responsibility for the insident stating that a counter-measure was ejected from the plane during a training exersize and landed in the forest where the fire originated…

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At about 4PM the smoke filled sky was visible from my house and a constant sound of emergency vehcles making their way down the parkway started. Firedepartments from half the state along with county and state units responded to this massive fire.

Around 5PM I started to notice ashes of the fire that fell on my front lawn. Most were about an inch in size and resembled charcoaled looking bark or branches. The surprising part is that the fire was miles away at teh time.

I live within walking distance to the Parkway and approx 5 miles from the location where the fire was last reported at around 6PM. The firefighters organized a perimiter around the fire and designated the NJ Parkway, Rt 72, and Rt 539 as the limits. Some of the northern flames managed to cross the Rt 72 boundry, but not too far.

Several Communities were evacuated in Stafford and Barnegat. An unknown number of homes were on fire to include the clubhouse building of the Brighton At Barnegat community.

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