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An early morning fire left a charred building at Annapolis Avenue and the bay in Atlantic City
on Wednesday. Photo by: Gary Baker
By DAN GOOD Staff Writer, 609-272-7203 | Posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | 1 comment
An early-morning apartment fire in Atlantic City left 22 people out of their homes on Wednesday.
The blaze began at about 1:45 a.m. in the 100 block of N. Annapolis Ave., in the ......Continue Reading
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Lower Chelsea section of the city. The apartments are located along the Inside Thoroughfare Waterway, making it difficult for firefighters to put out the fire.
Fire Battalion Chief Michael Mooney said a fire boat would have helped - an expense city government has deemed unnecessary in the past.
"We only had two access ways into building, through the front door and from the water, and without a fire boat we couldn't attack it from the water," Mooney said. "Lower township (Cape May County) has three fire boats, and Atlantic City has none."
It took firefighters three hours to put out the fire, and the cause remains unknown. Mooney said it doesn't look suspicious.
"The cause could be as simple as a discarded cigarette, but the fire remains under investigation," he said.
No one was injured. The fire damaged 12 apartments in two units, with many of the apartments receiving smoke and water damage.
Posted in Breaking on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 10:25 am
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