Authorities have decided to take precautions and have evacuated the Batona Campground in the Wharton State Forest. In addition, the section of the Batona Trail between Carranza Road and Route 532 ...

As a precaution, the forest's Batona Campground was evacuated by park police after the fire broke out, ... The Batona Trail is also closed between Route 532 and Carranza Road.

The Batona Campground in Tabernacle, within the Wharton State Forest in Burlington County, was evacuated, the state Forest Fire Service said in a social media post just after 11:30 a.m.

The major Pinelands wildfire started by fireworks in Burlington County is steadily being contained, and no structures are threatened, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The 4,000 ...

The fire, which measured 4,300 acres in the area of the Batona Campground and Apple Pie Hill in Wharton State Forest, was 90% contained by 8 p.m. Monday, the fire service said.

The Batona Trail is closed between Route 532 and Carranza Road and local roads in the state forest are also closed as firefighters assess and begin fighting the blaze, the Forest Fire Service said.