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1997
Cigarette Caused Forest Fire By TONY MARCANO
JULY 22, 1997
A forest fire that burned 800 acres in Berkeley and Manchester Townships on Saturday was caused by a carelessly tossed cigarette, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said yesterday. The fire forced the evacuation of 2,000 people from two retirement complexes, but no one was seriously injured. It was the biggest fire so far in a season that has seen a number of smaller blazes in the New Jersey Pinelands, which have been dried out by scant rain and intense heat, said Sharon Southard, a spokeswoman for the Department of Environmental Protection. The fire damaged 56 homes in the two complexes and caused about $84,000 in damage, the Forest Fire Service said.
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[email protected]. A version of this article appears in print on July 22, 1997, on Page B00001 of the National edition with the headline: Cigarette Caused Forest Fire.
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