The fire broke out Sunday in Wharton State Forest and is now about 85% contained, officials said.
The fire in Washington, Shamong, Hammonton and Mullica townships has now consumed 13,500 acres, but it is 85% contained, officials said Tuesday. Authorities are “very confident” the fire will not expand past the containment area of 15,175 acres.
“This was not at a designated camp site where it would have been permitted,” said State Fire Forest Service Chief Gregory S. McLaughlin. “This was in a remote area of the forest. Whether someone was actually camping there or just stopped and decided to have a fire — I don’t necessarily know if people were camping there. We suspect people were passing through.”
The Mullica River Campground and Lower Forge Campground, where about 50 people were staying on Sunday morning, have not re-opened have been evacuated. McLaughlin said Tuesday that the fire was detected around 10 a.m. Sunday by Batsto Village and also reported by people canoeing and kayaking along the Mullica River. By 11 a.m, the fire grew to 50 acres.
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