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FOLSOM - What happens if a small rural municipality runs out of people who want to fight fires?

That's the question Borough Council asked at the beginning of the summer, which angered some members of the community when it seemed like the government was trying to...Continue Reading

False Alarm - Recalled by 1600 on location. Dirty alarm head in basement.

Call Recording

This is a VOX recording. It is condensed and not in real time.

By SARAH WATSON Staff Writer | Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010

Egg Harbor Township fire officials say Atlantic City Electric is taking too long to respond when wires are downed, and that fire crews are spending excessive amounts of time guarding the scene while waiting for crews to cut the electricity.

Volunteer firefighters sometimes wait hours for paid utility workers to show up. Each side has its priorities. But whether the township could force the issue by....Continue Reading 

From left, Pleasantville firemen Tom Tripician, of Pleasantville, Capt. Scott Trythall, of Mays landing, and Tom Williams, of Egg Harbor Township, hold Bobblehead after they dislodged the cat from the engine compartment of a 2007 Suzuki, owned by Margaret Gendek, of South Egg Harbor, Thursday September 2, 2010. The cat was unijured after it had spent four hours trapped under the hood of the car.

Photo by: Vernon Ogrodek

  

NEW ORLEANS, La. — An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.

The Coast Guard said no one was killed in the explosion, which was spotted by a....Continue Reading