Structure fire consumes two-story residential home on LBI

A fully involved structure fire consumed a two-story residential home on Old Whaling Lane, located in the Dunes section of Long Beach Township, on Monday, June 3. The cause of the fire was determined to be electrical due to Superstorm Sandy damage, as stated by John Pasola, Ocean County’s deputy chief fire marshal.

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The Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. was
the first to respond to the June 3 fire.

“There was one big ball of fire,” he said. The house “collapsed to the ground. There’s not much to see,” he added.

Pasola responded to the fire at 3:48 a.m.

Adjacent houses to the east and west of the destroyed home sustained significant damage, according to Pasola. A third home, on the northwest side of the fire, suffered rooftop damage from flyover embers.

“There may be more that we don’t know about until people do come down and actually see,” said Pasola.

The area was engulfed in flames when the Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co. responded to the 3:31 a.m. call. Mutual aid from the Surf City Volunteer Fire Co., High Point Volunteer Fire Co., Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire Co. and the Stafford FAST team helped put out the fire. 

— Kelley Anne Essinger

This article was published in The SandPaper.