The Jones Road wildfire was as flameful an inferno as our Pinelands have ever experienced. The Greenwood Forest flames were California grade.
As it now stands, the 15,300 burnt acres move it toward the top 10 of all-time NJ wildfires. However, that measuring system uses acres and not flame size, or the Jones Road fire would put heat on the top spot, with towering old-growth trees being fully engulfed by fire, some exploding from internal pressures within the trunks.
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