Multiple brush fires in Parkway median near exits 114-116

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10/22/2026 10:17 AM

Fire

Holmdel, NJ

Multiple brush fires were reported and confirmed in the Garden State Parkway median near exits 114–116 by the PNC Arts Center. One person was taken to Jersey Shore in police custody.

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Incident Timeline

Oct 22, 2026 · 10:17 AM PT

Multiple calls report fires along expressway

00:19

Middletown and Monmouth County Bayshore Towns Fire / EMS

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00:00

Now multiple calls express anywhere between 114 and 116.

00:07

78 is getting on at the center.

00:09

Yeah, there's a lot of calls that just came on in this vehicle.
10:17 AM

Location clarified near PNC Arts Center

00:08

Middletown and Monmouth County Bayshore Towns Fire / EMS

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00:00

Chief, it's going to be before the PNC Art Center in the express.

00:04

Best access is going to be Wood Road.
10:18 AM

Patient transported from scene in custody

00:06

Middletown and Monmouth County Bayshore Towns Fire / EMS

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We'll be transporting one to Jersey Shore in police custody.
10:18 AM

Brush fires reported in highway median

01:13

Middletown and Monmouth County Bayshore Towns Fire / EMS

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00:00

Is a big grass fire on me around 78?

00:02

Stop the 66.

00:03

Ask you that call for that.

00:04

If you want to roll, if you want to roll seven eight.

00:07

Yeah, you can roll seven eight.

00:08

You're confirming it's in the outers.

00:09

You should get on at Lloyd Road.

00:11

That's affirmative, Chief.

00:12

I'll need you to back back up.

00:13

You can get on at Lloyd Road and come back south.

00:18

My engine's reporting it's on the outer.

00:20

They're trying to get the switch over from the express.

00:23

We

00:24

did have several callers saying it was in the median between the express and the little culs.
10:22 AM

Arriving unit confirms multiple fires

00:07

Middletown and Monmouth County Bayshore Towns Fire / EMS

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00:00

B25 is on the scene.

00:01

He said he's got multiple fires.

00:02

He wants your engine to take the 1st one that comes to.
10:23 AM

Exact location given as median near exit 116

00:17

Middletown and Monmouth County Bayshore Towns Fire / EMS

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00:00

County 1880.

00:01

1880. Arrived.

00:02

It's going to be 116 over four in between the express and local.

00:08

Multiple brush fires.
10:24 AM

Access instructions for units on outer lanes

00:17

Middletown and Monmouth County Bayshore Towns Fire / EMS

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00:00

All right. As you get up this location, you're on the outer, I assume.

00:06

It's going to be in the median between the locals and the express.

00:10

So you're going to have to kind of pull off the grass on your left when you get up here.
10:33 AM

Fire marshal reports operations complete

00:02

Middletown and Monmouth County Bayshore Towns Fire / EMS

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Fire marshal is complete.

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Multiple brush fires in Parkway median near exits 114-116

Incident Timeline

Multiple calls report fires along expressway

Location clarified near PNC Arts Center

Patient transported from scene in custody

Brush fires reported in highway median

Arriving unit confirms multiple fires

Exact location given as median near exit 116

Access instructions for units on outer lanes

Fire marshal reports operations complete

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