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The Elwood Fire Company responded to 200 Pleasant Mills Rd in Hammonton for a Structure Fire. First in crews found  heavy fire in the back of the structure on arrival. Engine 16-3 and Tanker 16-5 responded and crews assisted along with Nesco. All residents escaped with out injury. Unfortunately the family dog died in the fire.

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HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - A Vineland resident was only slightly injured when she flipped her SUV Thursday afternoon on the Black Horse Pike.

Trisha L. Walk-Pratts was headed east on Route 322 near Atlantic Cape Community College at about 1:50 p.m., police said, when she lost control of her vehicle, hit the median and flipped over. The vehicle came to rest in the right eastbound lane.

The Hamilton Township Rescue Squad and Mays Landing Fire Department extracted Walk-Pratts from the vehicle, and the rescue squad drove her to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Mainland Campus.

Walk-Pratts, who police said suffered minor injuries, said she had been wearing her seatbelt during the accident.

Hundreds of firefighters - backed up by 11 aircraft - battled a third wildfire in the Los Angeles area Friday as two more raged within 60 miles of one another.

The latest - known as the Crown Fire - has ignited more than....Continue Reading

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP - Township fire officials closed a portion of Fire Road near the Atlantic City Electric distribution center after lightning struck a utility pole Thursday evening.

Fire crews had the contacted the utility for additional repair work around 7 p.m.

The road remains closed near the intersection of Fire and Delilah and 200 utility customers in the area were without power.

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A late-night fire damaged an Atlantic City home.

The fire started late Thursday night or early Friday morning, inside a home in the unit block of South Elberon Avenue, near Ventnor Avenue in the city's Chelsea Heights section.

Firefighters were on the scene until about 1:30 a.m., and traffic was temporarily......Continue Reading

By DEREK HARPER, Staff Writer | Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2010 | 0 comments

Lightning from a series of brief, intense storms that swept through the region Thursday afternoon set fire to a telephone pole in Egg Harbor Township and exploded part of a chimney in Ventnor, but otherwise left little damage, police from across the region said.

The National Weather Service said about 0.35 inches of rain fell Thursday afternoon at the....Continue Reading