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Old 09-12-2013, 08:19 PM
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Default Seaside Boardwalk Burning
For those of you with roots in New Jersey here is the latest from the shore. At 2:30 PM today a business at the southern end of the boardwalk caught fire. Driven by strong winds out of the southeast the fire has now consumed four blocks of the boardwalk and 32 businesses. After going on for 7 hours they are still fighting the blaze. There are 35 fire trucks and 400 firefighters battling the fire.

This event is not quite a year since Seaside Heights was devastated by Super Storm Sandy. Through a lot of hard work the boardwalk was rebuilt and opened for Memorial Day weekend. Now a section will once again have to be rebuilt.

My condo, which is on the boardwalk, is about 3/4 of a mile from the current fire location. Thankfully, it is doubtful that it will get to this location at the extreme north end.