The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has found that recent wildfires were likely caused by lightning strikes that could 'burn inside a tree for several days' before spreading through the rest of the woods
in Browns Mills, dubbed the Acorn Hill Wildfire -- burned hundreds of acres of forest in the New Jersey Pinelands, threatening several structures.
After some investigation, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Tuesday that both fires were started by natural causes, not human error or intervention.Yet, the service noted that these types of wildfires are fairly rare, with only 1% of all wildfires in the Garden State to be caused by lightning strikes.
The fire service noted online that, after a lightning strike, fires can burn within trees"for several days before escaping into the surrounding vegetation." "This occurrence is known as a 'holdover fire,' and is what led to the Acorn Hill Wildfire in Woodland Twp after a storm passed through the area on Friday, June 16," the service noted online."Dry lightning ignited the Flatiron Wildfire shortly after a storm passed through Medford Twp on Friday, June 3."
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