I was in the vicinity of Sunday’s wildfire along Stage Road in Little Egg Harbor. Talk about a madhouse, though in the finest of ways. There were mustered firetrucks of every shape, size and purpose, arriving from far, wide, and in-between – bearing tons of manpower to boot.

The blaze was as stubborn as they come, seemingly intent on strategically remaining embedded in some truly impregnable woods, well out of easy firefighting reach.