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ESTELL MANOR--Over the last several months, controlled burns have been taking place in heavily wooded areas across the state, under the close watch of the state Forest Fire Service. Today in the Atlantic County Park, several acres were burned, but not nearly the amount they were planning for.

It starts with a single match and minutes later, fire is running across this open field in the Atlantic County Park. "Anytime we can burn an area, it's gonna lessen the chance of a wildfire," said Kenneth Badger, Jr., with the NJ State Forest Fire Service....Continue Reading

Those were the words Joseph Murray used to describe his 17-year-old daughter, Katie, who was killed in a single-car crash Thursday afternoon on Weekstown Road in Mullica Township.....Continue Reading

From Press staff reports | Posted: Thursday, March 25, 2010 | 1 comment

A vacant house off the White Horse Pike was destroyed by fire Thursday evening, the Atlantic City Fire Department said.

Firefighters were called to the house on West End Avenue, near the sewage treatment plant, at 5:11 p.m., and arrived to find the building fully involved, a fire official said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

By STEVEN LEMONGELLO Staff Writer | Posted: Friday, March 26, 2010 | 8 comments

From left: Deputy Chief Chick Kisby, firefighters Rich Richmond,

Tim Poley, and Steve Kroger and Capt. Dave Appleyard stand in front of the Linwood Volunteer Fire Department last month.

LINWOOD — When the Mainland Medical Center in Northfield went up in flames in December, about 70 firefighters from six different companies were called in to fight the blaze.

None, however, were from the neighboring Linwood Volunteer Fire Department — stationed less than a mile and a half away.

The department was not called by any other department for mutual aid in 2009. That’s unusual among the developed suburbs of Atlantic County. The neighboring Northfield Fire Department — about the same size, with about 30 members and......Continue Reading

From Press staff reports | Posted: Friday, March 26, 2010 | 2 comments

A Lacey Township man was burned Thursday evening after a can of WD-40 exploded in a bonfire he was having with some friends, police said.

Officers responded at 8:16 p.m. Thursday to the Lanoka Harbor Rescue Squad building on Manchester Avenue for the repot of a burn victim, police said.....Continue Reading