So far this year, there have been 277 wildfires in New Jersey. Nearly 300 acres burned and this could just be the beginning.

Nikki DeMentri reports an important spot that’s vital to fighting fires and became the first line of defense before crews made their way to the railroad flames.

"Nothing else like it," NJFFS Fire Observer, Mark Turner, said. He's been with the fire service for eight years.

Turner spends eight hours a day — alone — up in the sky. On Tuesday, CBS News Philadelphia met him 100 feet in the air at the Blue Anchor Fire Tower, and to get there, we all walked up a narrow zig-zagged staircase.

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