A smaller fire known as the Piney Hollow Fire (25 acres) is at 100% containment. The larger fire, the Winslow Complex Incident, located at the Atlantic City Expressway (exit 31) was 50 percent contained as about 2 PM EDT. NJ Forest Fire Service officials expect this fire to burn about 375 acres, including any back buring operations.
For more information on the fire:
Situation Report (4/6/12 @1400 hrs) from Wildlandfire Hotlist
Atlantic City Press article (4/6/2012)
6ABC Philly report
slide show - Fox Philly
April 6, 2012 @ 4 PM EDT
updated July 18, 2013: video that I had embedded here is no longer available. :-(
CAL FIRE (CDF) S2T Tanker 71 working Sawtooth Complex Fire (2006)
Sawtooth Complex Fire (Sept. 2006), San Bernardino County CA. Photo Credit: U.S. Forest Service
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