[CPEO-MEF] Warren Grove (NJ) range fire

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Guard pressed for fire answers
N.J.'s two U.S. senators demanded assurances against more problems 
involving jets.

By Jacqueline L. Urgo
Philadelphia Inquirer
May 19, 2007

This week's military mistake that burned 17,250 acres of New Jersey's 
Pinelands and routed thousands from their homes brought demands from 
both of the state's U.S. senators yesterday that the Air National Guard 
prove it will not cause another tragedy.

"New Jersey's firefighters and first-responders risk their lives to 
protect the Pine Barrens and our local communities," said a harshly 
worded statement from Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who has summoned the Air 
National Guard's three top generals to his Washington office Monday.

"But this fire never should have started - period," said Lautenberg, a 
Democrat. "This fire started because the National Guard did not follow 
proper safety procedures - procedures I called for nearly three years 
ago. New Jerseyans expect their military to act more safely and more 
carefully."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.philly.com/philly/health_and_science/20070519_Guard_pressed_for_fire_answers.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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