House Fire In Belmar Burns Second Story on 14th Avenue

Fire crews have blaze under control before midnight

A Belmar home's second story burned overnight as fire crews responded to the blaze, under control before midnight Friday. The fire had Belmar Fire fighters using ladder trucks to extinguish the flames toward the front of the home on the 400 block of 14th Avenue, with Avon and West Belmar providing mutual aid. First responders arrived to a working fire with heavy smoke conditions out of the second story window, and erected ladders from the ground with a ladder truck providing access above the roof. Monmouth County fire officials are investigating the fire, which was contained to the one structure and believed to have originated in the front second floor of the single-family home. Belmar Police, Belmar Fire, West Belmar, Avon and Monmouth …

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Year in Fire and Police Around Manasquan, Belmar

A photo gallery of the top police and fire images

In addition to the tremendous emergency response from Hurricane Sandy, 2012 saw a year's worth of major crime and fire. Police, fire and other emergency responders saw multi-home blazes as well as water responses. But the year also featured the emergency responders of the Manasquan-Belmar area engaged in many civic projects, too, and we dug out some of the top images from this year for a special photo gallery. Check out these 2012 photos of local emergency responders in action.

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