PHOTOS & VIDEO: 9:35 a.m. (Video updated 10:32 a.m) The Lakewood Fire Department and NJ Forest Fire units are currently battling a large Brush Fire in the Vermont Avenue and Chestnut area. The Fire has already blazed several acres of trees. 11:55 a.m. The fire is mostly under control. 4:55 p.m. Water is being dropped on the area as a precaution. 7:30 p.m. Scene is clear.
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PHOTOS & VIDEO: BRUSH FIRE Burns Several Acres
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Is it near any of the houses there?
i called at 8:15 am and pd said it was fine it was a controlled burn i guess it was not as controlled as they thought it was
got a forest fire………should have had a B-8……………only B-8 has all the forest fire fighting tools and H2O needed for a healthy fire
Making way for new developments 🙂
it’s 1:30 and its still burning.
the controlled burns were set to make fire lines that the fire shouldn’t be able to go further.
#4 am with you , more houses, we dont need
To #4 & 7,
My thoughts ran along the same lines: If the developers don’t get the trees, the fire does the job. Of course fire’s too dangerous, but at least this way the trees can grow back, unlike when the builders get to them! That is if the builders don’t get there before the trees grow back!
Any update on the fire???????
I’m sitting here at home in the Pine Acres section watching a fire helicopter go back and forth to what looks like the same area again. A flare-up perhaps? It’s 4:19pm.
Its far from under control.
They brought in a helicopter to help fight the fire.
It’s under control. Just because theres a helicopter doesn’t mean its not. A helicopter makes it easier for them to drop water in harder places to reach with the trucks.
Don’t use out water please!!! Lol
The fire is contain-but not out . It covers many acres of land. The fire will continue to burn until we get a few inches of rain. Because of the very dry conditions that we have at the current time this fire is burning in the root system of the trees and the dead leaf matter. Even with firefighters dumping 1000’s of gallons of water on it the underground burning will not go out. All active flames have been knock down. You will smell this blaze until we get RAIN and lots of it. Fire units will be working 24 hr’s a day until the Forestry folks deem it no longer a hazard to break the containment lines that surround the blaze. A helicopter unit was called to assist firefighters working in the swamp to drop water on the many hard to get spots that are still burning close to the containment line
Hey “should have had a B-8” don’t all Forest Fire trucks carry H2O and tools on them??