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Fire-Rescue News- Bomb Squad removes mortar round unearthed at construction site in Lower Township

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By RICHARD DEGENER | Posted: Thursday, April 15, 2010 | 1 comment

Atlantic City Bomb Squad officers Sgt. Bud Brubaker (left) and Sgt. Jerry Barnhart, secure the ordnance inside their truck. Constructions workers discovered an unexploded military ordnance while digging behind AABA Family Medical Supply on Bayshore and E. Wilde Avenues in the Villas section of Lower Township. Officers from the Atlantic City Bomb Squad were called to dispose of the ordnance. According to AC Bomb Squad officer Sgt. Bud Brubaker, the item was a WWII type military type projectile and was live. The shell was secured and put in the bomb squad truck for transport. The ordnance was reported at 12:45 pm and a 300 ft. radius around the site was evacuated for safety. No injuries were reported. ....Continue Reading 

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Fire-Rescue News- Brush fires disrupt traffic near Route 30 and Delilah Road in Pleasantville

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Homes on Redwood Avenue in Pleasantville are evacuated Wednesday due to smoke from nearby brush fires. 

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Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | 0 comments

Several brush fires near where Delilah Road meets Route 30 in the marshy area between Pleasantville and Atlantic City are disrupting traffic and NJ Transit trains.

Homes along Redwood and California avenues are being evacuated as a precuation.....Continue Reading with Video

This story is developing; check here for updates.

(EVFC has learned that the fires are being reported to be from a train car sparking and creating fire down the train track in Absecon, Galloway & Egg Harbor City.)

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Fire-Rescue News- Police in Absecon search for suspect after car fire

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From Press staff reports | Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 | 0 comments

Someone set fire to a car parked on Oyster Bay Road in Absecon, police said Monday, and they are looking for the suspect.

Several people called 911 at about 2 a.m. Sunday to report a car on fire in the parking lot of Building 27 in the Oyster Bay Complex, police said. Officers and firefighters arrived to find the car fully engulfed in flames. The owner lives in a nearby building.

At least one other vehicle in the parking lot also was damaged, police said. Anyone with information on the fire is asked to call Absecon police at 609-641-0667.

Posted in BREAKING | ATLANTIC on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:25 am Updated: 2:22 pm.

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Fire/Rescue News - 7-Alarm Inferno Hits Chinatown, NY

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A raging seven-alarm fire, visible for miles, ripped through three buildings in Chinatown last night, injuring 14 people and leaving as many as 100 people homeless.

A 93-year-old man living in one of the buildings was....Continue Reading with more Vido & Photos

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Fire-Rescue News- MOTORCYCLISTS HIT THE ROAD TO HELP FELLOW RIDER & VOL FIREFIGHTER

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ATLANTIC COUNTY-- It's an event that's part motorcycle, part poker and it's all to help one fellow rider.

"A poker run consists of 5 stops. Everybody draws a card at each stop and at the end there's a 5–card poker hand, best hand wins simple as that," said organizer Frank D’Alonzo.

Motorcycle riders from all walks of life met in Egg Harbor City for the start of this year's "Cabin Fever Poker Run."

Many agreed that it was the perfect day to be on the road but even more important, .....Contiune Reading

 

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Fire-Rescue News- Absecon police officer involved in Route 30 crash

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From Press staff reports | Posted: Sunday, April 11, 2010 | 7 comments

An Absecon police officer and a Mullica Township woman were involved in an accident Saturday morning at Route 30 and Mill Road.

The two-car accident happened at 11:55 a.m. when Officer Kevin Craig, 35, was driving ....Continue Reading

 

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Fire-Rescue News- Fire damages three-story building at Connecticut and Grammercy avenues in Atlantic City

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By DAN GOOD, Staff Writer | Posted: Thursday, April 8, 2010 | 0 comments

ATLANTIC CITY - Firefighters responded just before noon Thursday to a blaze at a three-story, corner building at Connecticut and Grammercy avenues.

The fire was extinguished by 12:30 p.m. The building sustained some damage to the second floor. More than a dozen fire trucks, rescue and other emergency vehicles responded to the scene.

Officials had no report of injuries or whether anyone was inside when the fire started.

This story is developing; check here for updates.

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