Little Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
Thanks to a timely rainstorm, New Jersey firefighters believe they will be able to declare a massive wildfire under control sometime Thursday.The fire, which began Tuesday afternoon on a military bombing range in the South Jersey Pinelands region about 25 miles north of Atlantic City, had charred some 14,000 acres by 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. That's when a line of thunderstorms crossed the area, dumping a half-inch of rain on the fire zone over the next two hours.
By nightfall, Maris Gabliks, chief of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, said the blaze was 70 percent contained.
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