Joint Base range fire partially contained, continues to burn

The second fire on a practice ranges at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst continued to burn on Thursday and some evacuations of surrounding residents remained in place.

Tech Sgt Darryl Dean of the base Public Affairs Office said the fire on the Tact 2 practice range remains contained at 25% and has burned 215 acres so far.

Juliustown Road from Pemberton Road to Pointville Road which runs adjacent to the base remains closed according to Dean. Some residents of the Lakeshore Mobile Home Park asked to voluntarily evacuate remain out of their homes said the Tech Sgt.

The fire started around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. A unified command with the New Jersey Forest Fire Service was established on Wednesday night according to DEP spokesman Bob Considine.

Resident Jasmine Rodriquez, a Townsquare Media employee,  said that ash was falling on her at a Burger King restaurant at Pemberton-Browns Mills Road and Julistown Road

A fire on the practice range at Fort Dix last Wednesday burned 750 acres and sent a plume of smoke into the air.