"New Jersey fire damages boardwalk ravaged by Sandy"

New Jersey fire damages boardwalk ravaged by Sandy

By: BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/09/12/new_jersey_fire_damages_boardwalk_ravaged_by_sandy.html

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SEASIDE PARK, N.J. — A massive fire raging for hours burned several blocks of boardwalk and businesses Thursday in a New Jersey shore town that was still rebuilding from damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.


More than three hours after the fire started in the vicinity of an ice cream shop, television footage showed flames still leaping into the sky and thick black smoke covering a stretch of the coastline. The fire was spreading into neighboring Seaside Heights, where the MTV reality series “Jersey Shore” was filmed.


Gov. Chris Christe was en route Thursday night, promising the full assistance of the state in dealing with the devastation.


“Pictures and video of the fire are startling and sad given what Seaside Park and neighboring Seaside Heights have endured with Superstorm Sandy,” said the governor’s spokesman, Michael Drewniak.





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