A wind-whipped forest fire in the southern New Jersey Pinelands that threatened 16 homes Tuesday was fully contained by nightfall, and firefighters said they believed the homes were no longer in jeopardy.
No injuries or damage to property occurred from the fire, which burned 418 acres before being declared 100% contained about eight hours after it started.
No one had to be evacuated, even as fire trucks and water tankers were positioned near the homes that firefighters considered potentially vulnerable to the blaze, said Greg McLaughlin, administrator of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Also hampering the fire's spread were numerous marshy bogs within the wildlife area that are wet from spring rains, McLaughlin said.State, county and local investigators were looking into how it might have started, but no cause was immediately apparent, McLaughlin said.
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