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7 Alarm blaze ravaged multiple homes in Sea Isle City

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Bayview Volunteer Fire Company training

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Forest fire in Wharton State Forest sends odors into Philadelphia, NYC

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NJ forest fire breaks out near the Batsto area

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17-year-old charged with arson, other charges, after fire at Oakcrest High School

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The school day at Oakcrest High School was interrupted for a short time when staff and students were forced to evacuate after a small fire. 

Fire crews responded to the call of a fire at the high school just after 9:30am Tuesday. 

Fire crews quickly extinguished the flames in a bathroom. 

Damage was limited to a portion of the bathroom. There were no injuries reported. 

Investigators have identified a 17-year-old suspect from Mizpah.

He was arrested and charged with second degree aggravated arson, fourth degree of risking widespread injury, and third degree criminal mischief.

The suspect is in the Harbor Fields Juvenile Detention Center pending court.

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Mullica Township fire wipes out apartment, acre of forest; none injured

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Posted AC Press: Friday, March 28, 2014 8:56 am

 MULLICA TOWNSHIP - A total of eleven companies responded to a fire Thursday night on 7th Avenue that reduced a two-story garage and rental apartment to rubble and destroyed about an acre of forest, Police Captain Brian Zeck said. 

All four companies from Mullica Township responded, as did companies from Egg Harbor City, Hammonton, Mays Landing and others. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service also responded. 

The apartment was vacant and no one was injured, Zeck said. 

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The Mullica Township Fire Department received a report of fire shortly after 9 p.m. and arrived at the 1600 block of 7th Avenue to find the structure fully engulfed and a portion of forest also in flames. The fire was put out at about 11 p.m., Zeck said. 

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Here's a video you don't see everyday. A tornado of tumbleweeds cause a blaze to intensify

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Firefighter Thomas Rogers recorded this video of a tumbleweed tornado that helps spread a controlled fire beyond what was originally intended. Taken at a wildlife refuge in Denver, Colorado, several fire teams were at hand to help control the blaze.

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