The Nation - News from April 28, 1985
Hundreds of Marines, forest rangers and volunteers held a 20-mile fire line and contained wildfires that have destroyed 7,700 acres of parched North Carolina coastal woodlands. A U.S. Forest Service information officer said that an expected increase in humidity and a chance of rain in the area would help firefighters control the blaze. Before containment, the fires had spread over 6,500 acres of national forest and 1,200 acres of private land. Damage was estimated at $1 million.
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