Last month, Burlington opened 12 campsites at the North Beach campground for families displaced by the end of the state’s hotel-motel housing program. - File photo© WCAX ...

Burlington County N.J. wildfire spreads to over 1,200 acres, forces campground evacuation Updated: Jul. 05, 2024, 9:06 p.m. | Published: Jul. 05, 2024, 12:40 p.m.

The campground is a stop of the 50-mile Batona Trail, which runs through New Jersey's Pinelands National Reserve. Apple Pie Hill, a popular hiking destination, is about 2 miles up the trail.

TABERNACLE - A wildfire that caused the evacuation of a campground here had grown to about 1,200 acres by Friday evening, authorities said. But firefighters were making progress against the blaze ...

SHAMONG TWP., N.J. (WPVI) -- The wildfire burning in Burlington County, New Jersey, has grown in size, but firefighters are making progress containing the blaze.