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Tie Between Plane Crash, Wildfire In Ocean County Unclear
Sometime around a plane crashed in Ocean County, a wildfire broke out.
As of Sunday afternoon, Sept. 3, it remained unclear if the two were connected.
The FAA said a single-engine Cirrus SR22 crashed in a wooded area in Toms River, New Jersey, around 2:30 a.m. Only the pilot was on board.
According to 6abc, the plane had departed Pottstown, PA, and was heading to Toms River when it crashed in a wooded area of Lacey Township, near the Ocean County Airport.
Sometime thereafter, a wildfire broke out, closing a portion of Dover and Mule roads near Miller Airpark.
The FAA and National Tr…
NJ Native, 39, Dies Hiking National Forest In Arizona
A New Jersey native died while hiking in a national forest.
Michael Benedetto La Marca, 39, was hiking at Peralta Trailhead in Arizona's Tonto National Forest when he died Oct. 3, according to his obituary.
More than 14,000 acres of the forest he died in was consumed by wildfire on the day of his death, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Circumstances around La Marca's death, however, were not made public,
Born in Clinton, La Marca graduated from North Hunterdon Regional High School in 1999.
La Marca had been living in Phoenix and working as the Director of Solar …
