Friday, May 18, 2007

Rain Helped Douse New Jersey Wildfire, Still Needed In Florida

(Barnegat, NJ) -- Rain has helped put out one wildfire, while it's desperately needed at the scene of another. Wednesday's rainstorm along the East coast was largely responsible for putting out the fire that's been raging in southern New Jersey since late Tuesday. Meanwhile, rain is not in the forecast in Florida, where a giant wildfire is now 65-percent contained. The fire has been burning for eleven days and has scorched 120-thousand acres. Crews have been setting back fires in hopes of robbing the flames of more fuel.

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