A national program to raise awareness of fire hazard protection in wooded and forested areas continues to gain traction after those huge blazes in California and Australia.
Almost a year after a special legislative hearing, little if anything has been done to lower the risk of a potentially disastrous wildfire breaking out in the Pinelands.
Five brush fires that broke out along the Garden State Parkway just north of the shore points are quelled, but the warning continues for extreme caution through our extensive rainless streak aggravated by gusty winds.
New Jersey State Police say that the blazes erupted in spots near Woodbridge, Clark, Cranford and Union within a 20-minute span just after 9 AM...