2 Brush Fires Ignite On High-Risk Day In Bayville

BERKELEY, NJ — Two brush fires sparked on Tuesday in Bayville as low humidity and gusty winds made for dangerous wildfire conditions.

Both fires were extinguished before getting out of hand thanks to the Bayville Volunteer Fire Department and the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.

"Today was a prime example of interagency operations with the NJFFS and a history of training together which took place within our response areas to stop 2 large scale incidents from occurring on todays high risk fire danger day," Bayville firefighters shared on social media on April 18.

The first fire ignited in Fishers Pit around 11 a.m., firefighters said.

A preplanned water drop and coordinated attack from the apparatus on the ground quickly extinguished the fire, firefighters said.

A second fire was reported just two hours later after being spotted from Forest Fire Service observation towers.

When first arriving to this fire, in the area of Louis and Monmouth avenues, the apparatus found "a significant vegetation fire starting to advance swiftly," officials said.

The first arriving units were able to get ahead of the fire to contain it to a few acres.

Tuesday was a red flag warning day and restrictions were put in place from Monmouth to Salem counties to prevent fires from further spreading.

At the same time, a wildfire was burning in Burlington County, officials said. Read more: Wildfire Burning In Burlington County: Avoid The Area

The Bayville fires come days after two nearby wildfires in Ocean County where catastrophes were averted due to the work of the Forest Fire Service.

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