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Air Base Suspends Training Amid Wildfire

Friday, May 18, 2007 8:10:04 PM
By WAYNE PARRY

Smoke from a forest fire continues to rise in the late afternoon in the South Jersey pine barrens before rain began to fall in Little Egg Harbor Township, N.J.,   Wednesday, May 16, 2007.  By 6 p.m., the fire had burned about 13,500 acres, or almost 20 square miles, according to Maris Gabliks, chief of the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Military officials announced Friday they were suspending training at an aerial bombing range where a flare dropped from a military jet may have caused a 27-square mile wildfire.

The Air Force also said it convened an accident investigation board to investigate how the blaze began on the Warren Grove Gunnery range. The fire continued to burn Friday, but a steady rain was assisting firefighting efforts.

Training was suspended pending the investigation, officials said.


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