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Four-Alarm Fire Tears Through New Jersey Homes
NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Witnesses say fire destroyed a former hotel and three adjacent homes in the Ocean Grove section of Neptune Township Friday.
Witnesses say the flames from the four-alarm blaze also damaged three other homes.
Police Sgt. Michael Emmons says the fire was reported around 5:11 a.m. Friday at 27 Atlantic Avenue.
It took hours for firefighters to get the upper hand.
Officials were worried embers would spread the flames to nearby homes and structures in the Victorian-era oceanfront community where dwellings are so close there often isn't enough room to raise a ladder between homes.
Resident Kenneth O'Neill told the Asbury Park Press "it looked like a plane had hit the house and exploded."
Police told the newspaper a firefighter was taken to a hospital after a wall collapsed on him.
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Information from: Asbury Park Press, http://www.app.com
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Witnesses say the flames from the four-alarm blaze also damaged three other homes.
Police Sgt. Michael Emmons says the fire was reported around 5:11 a.m. Friday at 27 Atlantic Avenue.
It took hours for firefighters to get the upper hand.
Officials were worried embers would spread the flames to nearby homes and structures in the Victorian-era oceanfront community where dwellings are so close there often isn't enough room to raise a ladder between homes.
Resident Kenneth O'Neill told the Asbury Park Press "it looked like a plane had hit the house and exploded."
Police told the newspaper a firefighter was taken to a hospital after a wall collapsed on him.
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Information from: Asbury Park Press, http://www.app.com
Related
Asbury Park Press: 4-Alarm Fire destroys Surf Ave. properties (Images)
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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