A national program to raise awareness of fire hazard protection in wooded and forested areas continues to gain traction after those huge blazes in California and Australia.
Almost a year after a special legislative hearing, little if anything has been done to lower the risk of a potentially disastrous wildfire breaking out in the Pinelands.
The residents live in houses and apartments in an area considered to be in a "collapse zone" if the building's remains were to come down and cause considerable damage.