Less than a year after Superstorm Sandy ripped into the boardwalk at the beach towns of Seaside Park and Seaside Heights, N.J., a fire Sept. 12 has leveled six blocks of the newly-rebuilt Jersey Shore destination.
According to radio calls reporting what became an enormous wind-blown blaze, smoke was seen in the early afternoon coming from under the southern end of the wood boardwalk near the popular frozen custard stand, Kohr's, whose roots at the location predate the boardwalk.
The fire spread rapidly, requiring as many as 400 firefighters to get the fire under control. Crews worked to dig up a swath of the boardwalk with heavy machinery in hopes of stopping the fire from spreading further. They filled the void with sand to construct makeshift dunes. Water was in short supply so it was pumped from the nearby Barnegat Bay, reports say.
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