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Fire Rescue News- South Jersey experiencing a dangerously dry season

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Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 7:42 pm | Updated: 8:12 pm, Tue Apr 10, 2012.

Days of strong winds and low humidity coupled with a dry winter and early spring have created dangerous fire conditions across much of the state.

But South Jersey has effectively become a tinderbox as the conditions merge with consistently gusty winds and the lack of leaves on trees.

“Our numbers indicate that we’re one match away from Armageddon,” Assistant Division Warden Bill Donnelly said. “Right now, throughout the state, probably some of the most ....Continue Reading

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Fire Rescue News- Firefighters bring Barnegat brush fire under control

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Posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:31 pm | Updated: 4:55 pm, Tue Apr 10, 2012.

Authorities said a brush fire in a wooded area north of Barnegat Boulevard and west of Route 9 is 100 percent contained.

Barnegat Township police responded at 11:21 a.m. Tuesday to reports of heavy smoke in the area.

Lt. Keith Germain said 15 fire trucks from seven area volunteer fire companies, ground and......Continue Reading 

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Fire Rescue News- GALLOWAY TWP. HOME DESTROYED IN EARLY MORNING FIRE

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GALLOWAY TWP. -- Firefighters battled a large fire that broke out early Tuesday morning at a home in Galloway Township.

Multiple fire departments worked to contain the blaze that broke out just after 4:00 a.m. Tuesday on Odessa Avenue just off Duerer Street, in the Pomona section of the township.

An NBC 40 reporter on the scene says that the two-story home is completely destroyed, and that wires are down in the area.

Red Cross officials are also assisting on the scene, although no injuries have been reported at this time.

The cause of the fire is still unknown.

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Fire Rescue News- Two Philadelphia Firefighters Killed Battling 5-Alarm Blaze

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By Peter Mucha
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Lt. Robert Neary and Firefighter Daniel Sweeney were killed when the rear wall collapsed in a furniture store adjacent to a burning warehouse.

"With deep regret," Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers has disclosed the names of two Philadelphia firefighters who perished this morning battling a fire in a furniture store that spread from a raging five-alarm blaze that leveled an aging Kensington warehouse.

They were Lt. Robert Neary, 60, and firefighter Daniel Sweeney, both from Ladder 10.

Neary was hoping to retire soon, and Sweeney was the....Continue Reading 

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Fire Rescue News- Massive wildfire burning near Chatsworth; fire crews hope to contain the blaze to about 1,000 acres

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Posted: Monday, April 9, 2012 7:21 am

Fire crews are on the scene of a massive wildfire near Chatsworth, New Jersey Fire Service officials said.

The fire is in the area of the South Park Gun Club, straddling the Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township border in Burlington County, said John Rietch, a fire warden with the fire service. The fire service hopes to.....Continue Reading 

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Fire Rescue News- Beach Haven fire damages Gables Bed and Breakfast, upper apartments in Surflight Theatre's ice cream parlor

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Posted: Monday, April 9, 2012 1:45 am | Updated: 8:32 am, Mon Apr 9, 2012.

A fire ripped through the landmark Gables Bed and Breakfast in Beach Haven Sunday as diners were eating Easter dinner and it took more than two hours for volunteer firefighters from 14 local departments to put out the the blaze.

Everyone escaped uninjured.

Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Department Chief Matthew Letts said.....Continue Reading 

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Fire Rescue News- Forest fires that burned 400 acres in Winslow Township now contained

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Posted: Saturday, April 7, 2012 12:30 am | Updated: 9:47 am, Sat Apr 7, 2012.

Two wildfires that damaged about 400 acres of woodlands in Camden County are now fully contained.

Larry Ragonese, a spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, said Saturday morning that a 25-acre blaze west of Pine Hollow Road and a 375-acre blaze near the Atlantic City Expressway, both in Winslow Township, were both.....Continue Reading 

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