BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP — Fewer firefighters were needed to watch over a still-burning 900-acre Barnegat Township forest fire Tuesday, but the fire still was not under control, officials said.
A Monday evening storm dropped nearly a half-inch of rain on the fire, said Steve Holmes, assistant division fire warden for the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.
“Some places had an inch, some had nothing,” Holmes said.
About a dozen firefighters patrolled the fire’s perimeter Tuesday, after......Continued Reading
