Crews have contained a forest fire in a remote section of southern New Jersey's Hamilton Township, west of Atlantic City.

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The blaze has burned about 130 acres, and authorities suspect it might have been deliberately set.

The state Forest Fire Service says the fire broke out around 7 a.m. and was spotted by an airplane.

No homes or businesses are near the fire, which is burning between the Black Horse Pike and the Atlantic City Expressway.

 

 

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