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Thursday, January 14 2016 @ 12:49 pm EST
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 Posted on the AC Press On-line: Thursday, January 14, 2016 12:30 pm
Cindy Stansbury, Staff Writer
 
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - A suspicious fire erupted Wednesday night in a vacant home on the 1500 block of Pinehurst Ave, police say.
At 8:43 p.m., officers from the Township of Hamilton Police Depertment, as well as Laureldale, Cologne, Mays Landing and South Egg Harbor Fire companies responded to a report of a fire. Police say the fire was quickly extinguished and no injuries were reported.
Police say the circumstances of the fire, which started at the back of the residence, is suspicious and under investigation.
Trish Quintana and Rosemary Malaspina said they had passed the home minutes before flames became visible. Malaspina
"I was driving by, and we pulled over in front of the house because I thought I smelled something weird," Quintana said. "This is crazy."
Quintana said the pair drove away and were later informed that the home was ablaze.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Robison at 609-625-2700 x 578.
This story was taken from the news source stated above. It's content and comments are not necessarily the opinion of The Elwood Vol. Fire Company or it's members.
Monday, December 28 2015 @ 10:06 pm EST
Contributed by: CBrining
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Posted in the AC Press: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:01 am
Atlantic County government's work toward creating a countywide emergency dispatch system has been so clumsy and inadequate that it threatens to give sharing services a bad name.
That's unfortunate since the benefits of handling all dispatch from a secure, centralized and state-of-the-art center are obvious and needed.
There have been many failures to communicate during the development of this project so far.
Insufficient data was gathered from municipalities about...... Continue Reading
Wednesday, December 23 2015 @ 06:54 pm EST
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Posted on The AC Press on-line: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 10:45 am
CINDY STANSBURY, Staff Writer
A man was struck and killed Tuesday night by a NJ Transit train heading through Mullica Township to Philadelphia from Egg Harbor City, authorities said.
According to Jim Smith of NJ Transit, the man who was killed was Troy J. Heintz, 49, of Egg Harbor City.
Train service has been suspended along the Atlantic City Rail Line following the 8:34 p.m. incident. It was restored late Tuesday night.
About 50 people were on the train when the incident happened, but no injuries were reported, said Jim Smith, a spokesman for NJ Transit.
Train service remained suspended at 10:15 p.m. in both directions between Atlantic City and Philadelphia. The train was stopped at Darmstadt Avenue.
Passengers were expected to board a NJ Transit bus at the Darmstadt Avenue location and be taken to Hammonton to get on another train, Smith said.
NJ Transit remained on the scene at 10:15 p.m. investigating.
This story was taken from the news source stated above. It's content and comments are not necessarily the opinion of The Elwood Vol. Fire Company or it's members.
Sunday, December 06 2015 @ 04:41 pm EST
Contributed by: CBrining
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Posted in The AC Press: Sunday, December 6, 2015 10:04 am
MICHELLE BRUNETTI POST
Atlantic County has called a meeting of local officials, including mayors, police and fire representatives and freeholders, to discuss issues around centralizing 911 dispatch in a $25 million building to be constructed at Stockton University.
The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday night at the Canale Training Center in Egg Harbor Township, said County Executive Dennis Levinson.
Some mayors have said they don't have enough information about how much the centralized dispatch will cost or save their taxpayers. The cost of the dispatch would be dropped from their municipal tax bills, but added to their.....Continue Reading
Monday, November 30 2015 @ 09:54 am EST
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Posted: Friday, November 27, 2015 5:00 pm
DONNA WEAVER, Staff Writer
An Atlantic County man heading to work at a Pennsylvania casino died Friday morning when his car struck the Atlantic City Expressway Toll Plaza in Hamilton Township and became engulfed in flames, police said.
Joseph Crawford, 39, of Egg Harbor City, was pronounced dead after the crash, State Police spokesman Lt. Brian Polite said.
Crawford’s father, Bruce Crawford of Egg Harbor City, told The Press of Atlantic City that his....Continue Reading
Sunday, November 29 2015 @ 04:17 pm EST
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WEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) --
Five firefighters were injured after an accident involving a fire truck in West Philadelphia.
The crash occurred around 10:10 a.m. Sunday at 55th Street and Baltimore Avenue.
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Saturday, October 17 2015 @ 09:15 pm EDT
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Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:00 pm
CHRISTIAN HETRICK, Staff Writer
A structure fire destroyed a Mays Landing home early Saturday.
The house, located at 4612 Somers Point Road, was reduced to a couple of chimneys. A detached garage was gutted.
Mays Landing Fire Chief Bob Hamilton said the home was a “total loss.” No one was inside the house and no firefighters were injured, Hamilton said.
The owner of the house lived next door and was doing renovations the home, Hamilton said.
Firefighters received a call of a possible forest fire – reported by duck hunters - around 4:45 a.m., Hamilton said.
But police arriving on scene identified it as a structure fire with heavy flames on all four sides, Hamilton said. All fire departments in Hamilton Township responded, as did Tanker Task Force A, which includes tankers from the eastern part of Atlantic County, Hamilton said.
Investigators couldn’t get inside the building because it was “too hot,” so a cause and location of the fire was still unknown as of 10:30 a.m., Hamilton said.
It took about three hours to extinguish the fire, Hamilton said.
A big challenge in putting out the fire was the location of the house, which was hundreds of feet from the street. That was why the tanker task force was activated, which laid 5-inch line down the long, winding driveway, Hamilton said.
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