By ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer | Posted: Friday, November 27, 2009 | 0 comments

ABSECON — A family was displaced and the father slightly injured Friday night when their East Wyoming Avenue house was seriously damaged by fire.

Firefighters were called to the 200 block of East Wyoming Avenue at 8:54 p.m. and arrived 2 minutes later to find the house fully involved in flames, said Chief Butch Stewart of the Absecon Volunteer Fire Company. The fire was brought under control in 12 to 15 minutes, he said.

Resident Heather Rhoads said her husband, Greg, suffered a minor burn to his hand and smoke inhalation when he picked up a chair and tried to put out the fire. She and their child were not home at the time, she said.

Greg Rhoads went to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Mainland Campus, in Galloway Township, for treatment, and was to be kept overnight, Heather Rhoads said.

The fire started in an upstairs bedroom and spread to another bedroom, the bathroom, the hall and the roof, Stewart said. The cause was under investigation.

Firefighters cleared the scene at about 11:40 p.m.

Contact Elaine Rose: 609-272-7215  ERose@pressofac.com

From Press staff reports | Posted: Thursday, November 26, 2009 | 0 comments

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - Four people are in the hospital following a Thanksgiving morning car accident near the Village at Harding Run condominium complex.

Maria Ventura, 38, was driving north on New York Avenue with her husband, Angel Ventura, 46, and two children when the car left the road at about 9:40 a.m., hitting a telephone pole and overturning in the roadway, police said.

Police could not confirm the relationship between the children and adults Thursday night.

Rescuers had to extract all four people from the car, police said. Maria and Angel Ventura and a 4-year-old passenger were taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus in Atlantic City. A 2-year-old inside the car was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital in Camden. Conditions were unavailable for the four.

The Mays Landing, Cologne and Laureldale volunteer fire companies, and the Hamilton Township Rescue Squad and AtlantiCare paramedics responded to the crash.