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 LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A rainstorm Wednesday night helped firefighters make significant progress against a blaze that apparently began when a military jet dropped a flare on a bombing range.
The thunderstorm rolled into the region during the early evening, just after high winds associated with it pushed the fire eastward toward a highway, jeopardizing the road and thousands of homes east of it. But when it was over, the fire had been 70 percent contained.
"We now believe we have turned the corner," said Lisa Jackson, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection.
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