Firefighters battled a fire at an abandoned building early Tuesday morning in Egg Harbor Township.

The fire broke out 11 minutes after midnight Tuesday, in the 100 block of Blue Spruce Avenue, near Marlboro Avenue, Township Police said.

No injuries were reported, and the fire was contained. About half a dozen fire companies responded - including Farmington, Cardiff, West Atlantic City, and Bargaintown - along with local EMS and rescue crews.

Investigators are still trying to figure out how the fire started.

Runners start dressed in holiday gear the 5k race. Sunday November 28 2010 Gianna's Gingle Bell 5K Run and Walk starting at the Mullica Elementary School, organized to raise money for Gianna DeRosa, an 8th grade student with a malignant brain tumor. (The Press of Atlantic City / Ben Fogletto)

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Santa Claus gets runners started Sunday at Mullica Township Elementary School during ‘Gianna’s Gingle Bell 5K Run and Walk’ to benefit Gianna DeRosa, an eighth-grade student  with a.......Continue Reading

Atlantic City firefighters extinguished a blaze beneath the Boardwalk on Saturday afternoon as daylight waned into what was expected to be the coldest night so far this fall.

Fire Department personnel responded to a 911 call at 3:45 p.m. for a fire under the Boardwalk near Morris Avenue. Within 10 minutes, crews put out the fire started at a makeshift campsite that was empty when officials arrived, Fire Chief Dennis Brooks said.

"People living under the Boardwalk, when they hear the sirens going, they get out of there and blend into the people walking on the Boardwalk," Brooks said.

No damage or injuries resulted from the fire, he said.

One mile northeast, a storefront remains shuttered since damaged by fires sparked beneath Schiff's Central Pier one year ago. Authorities believe the nighttime blazes Nov. 21 and Dec. 5 spread from small trash fires often set by homeless people for warmth.

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Authorities are investigating a fire that destroyed part of a residential property Saturday afternoon in the Venice Park section of Atlantic City.

Atlantic City firefighters responded at about 1:30 p.m. to the 1900 block of East Riverside Drive. They arrived to find flames had engulfed a semi-detached garage and spread to the siding of the single-level house there, Fire Chief Dennis Brooks said.

They brought the blaze under control within 13 minutes, but not before the roof of the garage had collapsed, Brooks said.

No one was hurt as a result of the fire, he said.

The property owner, listed as Dennis Morgan in current tax records, was the only person home at the time, Brooks said.

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ATLANTIC CITY - The casino floor of the Tropicana Casino and Resort was evacuated early Saturday morning due to a fire on the sixth floor of the building.

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A 5K race and fundraiser dinner will be held Sunday to benefit a Mullica Township eighth-grader undergoing treatment for a malignant brain tumor.

Gianna De Rosa, 13, underwent surgery and is receiving chemotherapy and radiation treatments at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Gianna’s Gingle Bell 5K Run and Walk will be held at the township middle school to raise money for the family. Registration for the event begins at 11 a.m. The race starts at noon at the school on Elwood Road.

A benefit dinner with a 50/50 drawing and silent auction will be held at 3 p.m. at Christina’s Restaurant and Bar on the White Horse Pike in Egg Harbor City. For more information, contact Mishelle Perona at 609-517-6537, Lisa Jiampetti at 609-457-8092 or Liz Steelman at 609-829-2975.