HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — A woods fire burned 49 acres early Sunday off Wrangleboro Road near Atlantic City International Airport.
The
call came in about 3:15 a.m. and New Jersey Forest Fire Service
personnel from Section C7 and the Cologne Volunteer Fire Company
responded, said Bill Donnelly, Forest Fire Service warden of Division C.
The fire was under control by 8 a.m., he said.
Wrangleboro Road was shut for a short time, he said. Later
Sunday, a section of burned trees and brush was visible on the north
side of Wrangleboro west of Tilton Road, with a fire break plowed down
to bare soil on either side.
The
cause of the fire remained under investigation Sunday, Donnelly said.
There were no injuries and no structures were burned, he said.
Anyone
with information about the fire can call the state Forest Fire Service
at 609-292-2977 or township police at 609-625-2211.
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