USA TODAY: ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Afire that started at a frozen custard shop Thursday ripped along the boardwalks of Seaside Park and Seaside Heights, N.J., and damaging nearly two dozen businesses along the way…
An emergency call reporting smoke at the Kohr’s custard shop came in around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The smoke spread out across the boardwalk as local firefighters arrived on the scene. Then the smoke “got huge,” said Kevin Ogden, of Bridgewater…
No serious injuries were reported, but of the roughly 400 firefighters who responded to the blaze, 12 suffered smoke inhalation, Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd said… (more)
