SEASIDE BOARDWALK FIRE: Kohr’s was the first to go, then more structures on the Seaside boardwalk — Kupper’s, Park Seafood, the Funtown Arcade. Before you knew it, it became an inferno. End to end, at least 20 structures burned, including Funtown, which as of nearly 6:30 p.m. was engulfed.We’ve seen such fires in Wildwood and Asbury Park. But few can remember anything like this at Seaside Park or the Heights. It shot to six alarms very, very quickly.
Firefighters have done an amazing job keeping the raging blaze contained, considering the circumstances. Otherwise, it could have been far, far worse.
That said, an estimated 20 buildings were gutted by the nearly-out-of-control fire.
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The blaze began just before noon at Kohr’s and was swept up by a strong southeast wind, with flames jumping from building to building — rapidly accelerating the number of alarms, Seaside Heights Borough Administrator John Camera said tonight.
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“There are large pieces of wood being thrown and blown over areas,” he said.
Cooking grease, oils, t-shirts, hats — all are among the inventory stored in many of the buildings.
Several residential blocks in the area have been evacuated.
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