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Homeowner Charged With Arson, Aggravated Assault In Destructive NJ Lake Fire Homeowner Charged With Arson, Aggravated Assault In Destructive NJ Lake Fire
Homeowner Charged With Arson, Aggravated Assault In Destructive NJ Lake Fire UPDATE: A West Milford man was charged with conducting an illegal backyard burn that ignited a rapidly-spreading weekend blaze that sent two firefighters to the hospital while destroying one home and damaging two others on a hill overlooking Greenwood Lake. Keith Scherer, 45, of Hewitt, was burning wood and debris in a fire pit behind his Lakeside Road home when the brush caught fire and flames spread up the hill in the Hewitt section of West Milford, a little over a half-mile from the New York State border, shortly before 12:30 p.m., March 18, responders had told Daily Voice. Scherer was …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Brush Fire Closes Hiking Trails On Mt. Tammany Months After 70-Acre Blaze Brush Fire Closes Hiking Trails On Mt. Tammany Months After 70-Acre Blaze
Brush Fire Closes Hiking Trails On Mt. Tammany Months After 70-Acre Blaze Trails on Mount Tammany were closed Monday after a brush fire broke out Sunday. In February, a 70-acre wildfire burned for days across the New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap. Sunday's fire was 90 percent under control as of 4 p.m. that day, park officials said. The blaze had burned across one acre as of 2:30 p.m., and was located at the intersection of the Red Dot and Blue-blazed trails. Eleven firefighters from the NPS and the NJ State Forest Fire Service responded, and a helicopter was placed on standby with a bucket ready. Parking lots of Worthington State Forest were closed Sa…

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by Cecilia Levine