By DAN GOOD, Staff Writer, 609-272-7218 | Posted: Sunday, April 26, 2009 3:10 am | 0 comments
LOWER TOWNSHIP - Fire destroyed the Villas Lumber Co.'s lumber yard early Saturday morning, turning plywood, building supplies and family history into a charred, smoldering mess.
The company's owner thinks the fire was intentionally set.
The fire started just after midnight, on the 1500 block of Bayshore Road. It took firefighters hours to put out the blaze, which reached high into the dark sky and melted the siding off a house across the street....Continue Reading
Sunday, April 26 2009 @ 02:12 am EDT
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Egg Harbor Township - A home storage shed was destroyed in a fire Friday morning.
The emergency call came in about 1:45 a.m. for a fire at an outdoor shed by a house on Shelter Avenue, according to Scullville Volunteer Fire Company Chief Mike Fiedor.
Fiedor, who lives four blocks away, said he was there within two minutes and saw a large fire "with gasoline popping (and burning) whatever they had in there." The family that lived in the house and their neighbor were evacuated for safety reasons, Fiedor said. No one was hurt.
Eighteen firefighters from the Scullville and Bargaintown fire companies fought the blaze. It took them about 12 minutes to get it under control. The blaze is being investigated by township Fire Inspector Don Stauffer, Fiedor said.
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Saturday, April 25 2009 @ 01:10 am EDT
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HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Firefighters and rescue crews charge on Friday evening, battling a brutal wildfire that has consumed more than 20,000 acres of land across Horry County in the last 48 hours and displaced 4,500 people.
The affected area is more than 30 square miles and Gov. Mark Sanford estimates the damage will exceed $16 million. The fire, officials say, is 50 percent contained as of Friday night....Continue Reading
ATLANTIC CITY - Six people were displaced Thursday morning when fire ripped through a home on the unit block of South Raleigh Avenue.
Five people were in the six-unit apartment building when the fire started just before 10 a.m., Battalion Chief Michael Mooney said. The owner, who also lives in the home, was able to evacuate everyone.
The old, wood-frame construction is a nightmare for firefighters, Mooney pointed out.
"It virtually runs right to the roof," he said.
But in this case, a quick "aggressive interior attack" helped confine the damage to two units on the third floor of the four-story building.
The electrical fire was ruled accidental, Mooney said.
It was under control by 10:30 a.m. Fire personnel cleared the area just after noon.
Thursday, April 23 2009 @ 03:02 am EDT
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LISA SNOWDEN-MCCRAY Firehouse.Com News
Firefighter Albert Adomanis Fire Marshal Kenneth Young
When Chews Landing Fire Marshal Kenneth Young arrived on the scene of a reported house fire, he was greeted by a screaming woman. Young had been on his way to a scheduled building inspection, but changed his direction when he heard about the blaze. The woman told him that there was a child trapped in the home's basement....Continue Reading
Rich Moulder from The Chews Landing Fire Company was in the right place at the right time and captured these pictures of a row house fire in Philadelphia 4/21/09 at 8:39 AM
PHILA., PA (PHILADELPHIA) *ALL HANDS* BOX 1668: 1304 S RUBY ST. CMD HAS HVY FIRE 1ST FLR, 2 STY M/O/R, ALL COS I/S, BOX FILLED DUE TO MULT CALLS. NJ10*NJ250*NJ724
04/21/09 08:39 AM
U/D PHILA., PA (PHILADELPHIA) *ALL HANDS* BOX 1668: 1304 S RUBY ST. CMD RPT BULK K/D IN ORIGINAL DWG, FIRE EXT TO "B" & "D" EXP(S), PRI SRCHS (-). NJ23*NJ82*NJ724
04/21/09 08:55 AM
U/D PHILA., PA (PHILADELPHIA) *ALL HANDS* BOX 1668: 1304 S RUBY ST. CMD RPT BULK K/D IN EXP DWGS, INITIAL SEC SRCHS (-), COVERS ASSIGNED. NJ23*NJ82*NJ724
04/21/09 09:03 AM
U/D PHILA., PA (PHILADELPHIA) *ALL HANDS* BOX 1668: 1304 S RUBY ST. CMD PLACING FIRE U/C, O/H IN PROG, REQ RED CROSS FOR RESIDENT DISPLACEMENT. NJ23*NJ82*NJ724
04/21/09 09:05 AM
Posted: Sunday, April 19, 2009 8:00 pm | 0 comments
From Press staff reports
EGG HARBOR CITY - A fire that broke out along the Egg Harbor City-Galloway Township border Saturday afternoon is about 75 percent contained, state Forest Fire Warden Greg McLaughlin said Sunday.
As of Sunday evening, the fire covered about 314 acres and had spread to an Atlantic white cedar swamp, which is difficult for firefighters to access, McLaughlin said.
He said the fire is likely to be 100 percent contained by today and should be under control by Tuesday or Wednesday.
The cause of the fire was undetermined Sunday night, but fire officials are continuing to investigate, McLaughlin said. No injuries or property damage has been reported.
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