Large wildfire burning at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in NJ
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, a military base in Burlington County, is roughly an hour away from Philadelphia.
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Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, a military base in Burlington County, is roughly an hour away from Philadelphia.
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said residents in Ocean and Burlington counties are being impacted by smoke from the wildfire burning within Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
A wildfire is burning in South Jersey on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Smoke was rising over the Pine Barrens in Manchester Township, Ocean County. New Jersey is under what's considered a very high risk for wildfires. There have been no evacuations so far.
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