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Sunday, February 01 2026 @ 07:14 pm EST  
Fire breaks out in Hamilton Township
Call Recording
This is a VOX recording. It is condensed and not in real time. A family is now without a home after a fire, that was reportedly caused by an outside grill which severely damaged the Mays Landing residence Sunday morning. After authorities responded to the fire at 36 Chancellor Park around 4:30 a.m, the homeowner, Jeffery Perkin, his wife, and four children had already evacuated the house. Two minor injuries were reported at the scene and treated by Hamilton Township Rescue Squad. Although authorities controlled the fire within 30 minutes, the home sustained extensive fire and water damage and homes on either side of the fire also sustained moderate exterior damage. The homeowners are staying with family in the area.
I'm a Volunteer Firefighter Its 6pm just getting home from work
I'm ready to eat supper and spend time with my family. When out of nowhere I hear that dreadful sound of the pager beeping and the siren howl. Someones house is on fire and they cant get out. I run to the door leaving my family behind while they all pray "Lord please bring him home safe this time". The red lights flash, the siren wails while we drive there I pray that we don't fail. We arrive on scene and what do I see? Smoke is showing and the girl on the second floor needs me, we grab the irons and run to the door put on our masks and head to the second floor. We search every room in the last one she's found laying on the floor, not making a sound. I grab the girl and run to the door but the fire got bigger and we're trapped on this floor. I'm running out of air and my fellow brother is too so I reach for my radio and say what no one should have to. Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! The RIT team goes in to save us from that fateful end. They make it to us, through the wall they appear, they shout "come through there's a window in here". I grab the lifeless girl and push her through we go down the ladder, then to the EMS crew. I give them the girl laying still as can be I hope that we saved her as does her family. We put out the fire, back to the station we go only to learn what we didn't want to know. The girl didn't make it so now I pray that God takes her in and allows her to stay. Back home I go as the clock strikes midnight I sneak into the bedrooms to kiss the kids goodnight. Then as I lay down next to my wife in bed, again the pager sounds, a rollover accident with entrapment, so I head down. Its now 4am and I go to work at 7, no sleep for me, can I make it through the day is the question? People ask me why I do it if I don't get paid? Pride, honor, and the brotherhood is how my pay is made. I'm a volunteer firefighter, its what I do to help people in need, even you Michael D'Agostino
Fire at volunteer fire station being investigated as arson
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Fire damages kitchen at Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company
Posted Ac Press: Monday, August 5, 2013 10:03 pm Egg Harbor Township police are investigating a fire that caused significant damage in the kitchen of the Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company building Monday night. Assistant Chief Steven Sear said the fire started around 7 p.m. The building was unoccupied at the time of the blaze and firefighters responded to extinguish it. The cause is under investigation. Sear said and police at the scene declined comment. No one was hurt, Sear said. Joel Landau
Porch fire displaces family of five in Atlantic CityATLANTIC CITY - An early morning porch fire, which displaced the family of five from the residence, is under investigation.
Light was reported at about 3:30 a.m. on Maxwell Avenue, an area where homes are very close to each other, said Fire Chief Dennis Brooks.
Atlantic City Electric was called to shut down power to the home.
An arson investigator was also called to the scene, Brooks said.
Attic fire extinguished at Weymouth Twp. homeWEYMOUTH TWP. -- Firefighters put out an attic fire Friday before it could spread to the rest of the house.
The fire stated Friday evening on Pennsylvania Avenue in the Dorothy section of the township, when an attic ceiling fan overheated, igniting nearby insulation.
Firefighters entered the attic through a closet crawlspace and using pressurized water-cans, extinguished the fire.
After checking for any left-over hot spots, the scene was cleared.
The chief of Dorothy's volunteer fire company said he expects to the family to return to the house later on Friday.
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