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Hot Afternoon For Car Fires Along Jersey Shore Hot Afternoon For Car Fires Along Jersey Shore
Hot Afternoon For Car Fires Along Jersey Shore Vehicle fires appeared contagious late Tuesday.  There were four emergency calls in three hours in Burlington and Middlesex counties, authorities said. The first call, at 4:10 p.m. in Burlington County, involved a pickup truck, initial reports said. The fire spread from the truck to some grass at Magnolia and New Lisbon roads in Pemberton. The blaze was knocked down within minutes, officials said.  In Middlesex County, firefighters responded to a fire in a car that was being towed. That fire was called in at 6:37 p.m. on Route 9 southbound in Sayreville. The tow-t…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Long Branch Blaze Damages Vehicles, Homes, Injures Firefighter VIDEO: Long Branch Blaze Damages Vehicles, Homes, Injures Firefighter
Video: Long Branch Blaze Damages Vehicles, Homes, Injures Firefighter UPDATE: An overnight fire Thursday in Long Branch sent a firefighter to the hospital while destroying an SUV and damaging two homes and two other vehicles, authorities said. The firefighter was released after being treated for minor injuries, Long Branch Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 68 reported. The blaze began around 5 a.m. Thursday in the Range Rover in the 400 block of Exchange Place, witnesses told News12, which published video of the fire spreading. Firefighters got it under control in about an hour and completely extinguished an hour later, authorities said. The Lo…

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by Jon Craig