UPDATE Arrival video & radio traffic at Jersey Shore multi-alarm conflagration
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(Additional video and early still pictures added below from Kyle Hand and brittany ebert. Note the side-by-side images taken 6-minutes apart.)
Above is arrival video from Daniel O’Connell and below is radio traffic via Chris308Martin from a fire Friday afternoon that destroyed multiple beachfront homes and condos in Sea Isle City, New Jersey (Cape May County). Further down are some short clips from Matt Ulmer.
A fast-moving 7-alarm fire, fanned by strong ocean winds, burned five homes to the ground and damaged nearly a dozen others in Sea Isle City, N.J. on Good Friday.
Flames began to flicker around 4 p.m. along the 7800 block of Pleasure Avenue at the beach and quickly spread to a total of three structures sharing the same lot, city officials said. One of the structures contained several condo units.
“The police were attempting to put out the fire with fire extinguishers, but at that time it was too late,” the 15-year-old Jenkintown, Pa.-native told NBC10.com. “The house started pouring black smoke out of the basement, so I rode around the block [on my bike] to get up wind of the fire and out of the smoke. From here, I could see the flames erupting and traveling up the house.”
The structures were side-by-side townhouses, each about 2,000 square feet, according to Sea Isle City Mayor Leonard Desiderio. According to data on the real estate website Zillow.com, the beachfront homes were listed for more than $2 million.
