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Three Buildings Damaged In Early Morning Fire On Jersey Shore Three Buildings Damaged In Early Morning Fire On Jersey Shore
Three Buildings Damaged In Early Morning Fire On Jersey Shore Three buildings were damaged by an early morning fire in Cape May County, officials said. Avalon firefighters responded to the house fire on the 100 block of 32nd Street just before 1 a.m. on Friday, Apr. 12, the borough said in a Facebook post. The fire began in a single-family home under construction and a photo from the borough showed extensive damage to the house's second floor. The fire was under control by about 1:50 a.m. and no one was injured. Two neighboring buildings were also damaged by the fire. Firefighters from Stone Harbor, Sea Isle City, Ocean View, Cape May Court Hous…

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by Chris Spiker
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Worker Who Suffered Brain Damage After Falling Through Roof At Mall In Morris Gets $8M Worker Who Suffered Brain Damage After Falling Through Roof At Mall In Morris Gets $8M
Worker Who Suffered Brain Damage After Falling Through Roof At Mall In Morris Gets $8M A construction worker who suffered brain damage when he fell 25 feet through a hole in a roof during the construction of a mall in Morris County has reportedly collected an $8 million settlement. Jesus Manuel Garcia of the Bronx was airlifted to a local hospital after plunging through an unmarked opening in the roof at the former site of the Ledgewood Mall on Route 10 on Feb. 1, 2020. He went into cardiac arrest but survived the fall with life-threatening injuries after landing on a concrete slab, authorities said at the time. A lawsuit filed against March Associates Construction ended in …

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by Jerry DeMarco