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NJ Volunteer Firefighter Thrown 100 Feet In Refinery Explosion Sees Wave Of Support NJ Volunteer Firefighter Thrown 100 Feet In Refinery Explosion Sees Wave Of Support
NJ Volunteer Firefighter Thrown 100 Feet In Refinery Explosion Sees Wave Of Support An Atlantic County volunteer fire department is asking for help after its assistant fire chief was severely injured in an oil refinery explosion. The Milmay Volunteer Fire Company said it happened while Michael Black was battling a fire at his career firefighting job at the Phillips 66 refinery in Linden. "Mike is okay but has a road of recovery ahead," the fire company posted on Facebook. The fire company set up a GoFundMe page to collect money for Black and more than $4,700 had been raised from at least 42 donations as of Tuesday, Jan. 23. The fundraiser page said Black was responding to…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
14-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead At South Jersey Gas Station 14-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead At South Jersey Gas Station
14-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead At South Jersey Gas Station A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed while in a car getting gas at a South Jersey service station Saturday, authorities said. Willingboro police were called to the Phillips 66 on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive around 3 p.m. on reports of a shooting, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon said. The victim, Jesse Everett, had been transported in a private vehicle to Virtua Willingboro Hospital, then airlifted to Cooper University Medical Center in Camden, where he was pronounced dead at 5:24 p.m., authorities said. More th…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: 1 Hospitalized After Car Goes Up In Flames, Blaze Extends To Route 206 Gas Station PHOTOS: 1 Hospitalized After Car Goes Up In Flames, Blaze Extends To Route 206 Gas Station
Photos: 1 Hospitalized After Car Goes Up In Flames, Blaze Extends To Route 206 Gas Station One person was hospitalized after a vehicle went up in flames that extended to a gas station on Route 206 Monday morning, authorities said. The blaze broke out at the Phillips 66 on Route 206 just after 9 a.m., the Stanhope Fire Department said. Several fire crews responded to the scene and found that the flames had spread and were quickly engulfing the gas station, the department said. The blaze was doused with an “aggressive attack,” and one person was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, authorities said. SNALAC responded to this incident this morning with an ambulance and ou…

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by Valerie Musson