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Officials: Charcoal briquettes sparked Pine Barrens fire

State environmental officials say some charcoal briquettes apparently sparked a forest fire that has burned roughly 1,000 acres in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. The fire broke out Monday in Woodland Township,

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