ATLANTIC CITY -- Firefighters were called out to a fire in the 1400 block of Memorial Avenue late Saturday that left residents on the street -- many barefoot and still in their night clothes -- homeless.

One woman threw her two young children out a window to someone standing below, Fire Chief Dennis Brooks said. The children were uninjured. The woman then....Continue Reading

Two families were displaced after a house fire on the 700 block of Fishers Creek Road in the Smithville section of Galloway Township.

Fire crews arrived at the house at about 4:55 p.m., found heavy smoke and called for backup. At the fire's peak, about 25 firefighters were on the scene and five companies responded, Galloway Township fire Chief Ron Garbutt Jr. said. One firefighter was taken to the hospital for treatment of a heat-related injury.

Investigators said the fire started in the heater room of the first-floor condo, and the cause is under investigation. The two units in the house are inhabitable, but residents will be staying with relatives.

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Fire severely damaged three connected townhomes on Eighth Street North in Brigantine on Saturday evening, and investigators suspect an electrical problem caused it, fire officials said.

The blaze began about 7:30 p.m. Nineteen firefighters gained control within 45 minutes. The fire consumed the upper floors, causing about $500,000 in damages.