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EARLY MORNING FIRE AT APARTMENT COMPLEX DISPLACES MULTIPLE FAMILIES

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BRIDGETON - An early morning fire displaced nearly 50 resident at an apartment complex displacing them from their homes during the holidays.

A fire broke out just before 5 a.m. Tuesday morning at the Bridgeton Villas Apartment Complex.

"I started smelling the smoke and everything, I looked out my window and I seen debris like when.....Continue Reading  

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State Police identify man killed in Buena Vista Township fire

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Posted: Saturday, December 3, 2011 2:00 pm | Updated: 2:15 pm, Sat Dec 3, 2011.

State Police identified the victim in Friday’s Buena Vista Township house fire as Brendan Gormley, 24.

Gormley was interested in computer games development and studied at DePaul University.

He graduated third in his.....Continue Reading

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MULLICA POLICE SEARCH FOR MISSING MAN WITH ALZHEIMER'S

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MULLICA TWP. -- Mullica Township Police need your help in locating an elderly man suffering from Alzheimer's, who went missing more than a day ago.

Police say Joseph Herbert, 64, was last seen around noon on Wednesday. He is described as a.....Continue Reading


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AT LEAST ONE PERSON DEAD FOLLOWING HOUSE FIRE

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RICHLAND - One person is dead following a fully engulfed structure fire in Buena Vista Township.

The Atlantic County Fire Marshall confirmed to NBC40 that one person was fatally injured during the blaze that broke out just before 7 o'clock Friday evening in the Richland Section of the township.

Heavy flames and smoke billowed out of the second floor of the home on the 100 block of Tereck Road.

Preliminary reports indicate people were trapped inside the burning home, officials say.

Numerous fire companies were on scene to assist including, Richland, Buena Vista, Minotola, and Maurice River township as well as State Police and EMS.

No word on any other injuries or how the blaze began.

The fire remains under investigation.

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EVFC Incident #107 12/01/2011 at 1:12pm - 3238 White Horse Pike in front of Columbia II for an MVA w/pole and wires down

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Station 161 was also called but was recalled. Station 160 Assisted with traffic and cut battery cables



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EVFC Incident #106 12/01/2011 at 11:30am - 317 Weymouth Road (The Homestead) for an activated Fire Alarm

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Recalled by 1620 on loacation - False Alarm



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Fire Rescue News - Ocean City proposes fewer firefighters, more EMTs

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Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:27 pm

OCEAN CITY — City Council on Tuesday proposed replacing six full-time firefighters with emergency-medical technicians to save money.

Councilmen Keith Hartzell and Scott Ping presented a new model under which the city’s Fire Department would rely more on medics. Ocean City sees far more medical calls than actual fires. But the department responds to....Continue  Reading

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