About 35 firefighters and five fire trucks from the Cardiff and Farmington fire departments responded to the blaze in the Davenport Complex on the 2400 block of Spruce Avenue in the township’s Cardiff section.

Cardiff Fire Chief Rob Winkler said the complex’s custodial staff reported the fire. When firefighters responded, there was heavy black smoke billowing from the main office and throughout the school.

Winkler said water was used to stop the fire from spreading, and the exact cause and origin of the fire is under investigation. He said his preliminary findings indicate the fire was electrical.

No one was injured during the fire, and large fans were used to remove smoke from inside the school, Winkler said.

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GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — “Engine 1, dismissed.”

With that call, Kevin Evans’ fellow Atlantic City firefighters said goodbye.

Evans, 39, was killed in a one-car crash in the township where he lived just before....Continue Reading 

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - An Atlantic City firefighter was killed in a one-car crash late Monday night, police said.

Kevin Evans, 39, was behind the wheel of a 1998 Dodge Durango that was heading east on Route 30 near Frankfort Avenue at 11:51 p.m. when police said it went off the road.

It was not immediately clear why the vehicle left the road. The weather was dry and clear and the vehicle sustained head-on damage, police said in a release. Evans was not wearing a seatbelt.

The crash closed the roadway for 2 ½ hours, police said, while the roadway was cleared and crews from Atlantic City Electric repaired the damage pole and restored power.

Evans is a fifth-generation firefighter and brother of former Atlantic City Mayor Scott Evans, himself a firefighter. Kevin Evans was sworn into the force in June 2007.

An Egg Harbor City house was destroyed by fire Thursday, fire officials said.

Egg Harbor City Volunteer Fire Department Chief Butch Kienzle said the home, located in the 400 block of Havana Avenue, was “non-livable” after the blaze, which started at about 3:45 p.m.

Kienzle said the homeowner was home when the fire started, but the fire was reported by several Havana Avenue residents when it started.

No one was injured in the fire, which remains under investigation.

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