WINSLOW TWP.-- Fire officials are in Winslow Township, Camden County today, containing a 93-acre forest fire.

The fire is visible from the Atlantic City Expressway, but isn't expected to get any larger and isn't affecting Expressway travel.

Fire crews are containing a separate forest fire less than 40 miles away, at Bass River State Park in Ocean County.

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BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP - Forest fire fighters are slowly gaining the upper hand against a nearly 700-acre forest fire burning in Bass River State Park.

The wildfire that forced the Bass River State Park to evacuate Monday was about 60 percent contained as of 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Assistant Division Fire Warden Steve Holmes said the wildfire, which was first reported.....Continue Reading

RIO GRANDE - A car fire ignited in the Shop Rite parking lot here around noon on Tues. July 27.

Middle Township Police, Rio Grande Fire Company and Middle Township Ambulance service responded to the scene.

The fire was knocked out within 10 minutes of the initial call.

Further information will be posted if it becomes available.

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BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP - Fire officials are hopeful that a forest fire in a cedar swamp will be contained today.

The fire spread to about 400 acres by 9:15 p.m. Monday night, state Division Fire Warden Bert Plante said, and spread to about 670 acres by Tuesday morning. Smoke from that fire is visible for miles.

Plante said the wildfire broke out in a swamp a couple miles north of.....Continue Reading