From Staff reports | Posted: Saturday, July 25, 2009 | 0 comments

ESTELL MANOR - An Estell Manor man suffered "significant injuries" when his motorcycle spun out into the woods Friday night, state police said.

Rhett Wulderk, 61, was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle westbound on 9th Avenue, about a mile from the intersection with Route 666, when the bike went into the woods, Sgt. Stephen Jones said.

Wulderk was flown to Regional Trauma Unit at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City.

Posted in Breaking, Atlantic on Saturday, July 25, 2009 1:15 pm Updated: 1:22 pm.

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LOS ANGELES —  The California Highway Patrol is calling a Southern California man a hero for rescuing a 3-year-old girl from a burning vehicle on a Los Angeles-area freeway.

John McDonald of West Covina was driving on Interstate 10 in El Monte Wednesday when he saw an overturned sports utility vehicle engulfed in flames.

Video footage shows him running to help as three people who escaped the burning SUV ran away. The CHP says the driver of the SUV shouted that her granddaughter was still inside, and McDonald went in to pull the girl out.

Both were treated for minor injuries.

McDonald told KABC-TV he jumped into action because he felt it was "something that needed to be done."

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

By BEN MERITT • Staff Writer • July 22, 2009

HAMMONTON -- The town's newest fire truck will be dedicated to Hammonton Fire Chief Emeritus Jack Donio.

The dedication of the 2009 Pierce Impel pumper truck will be made during a ceremony scheduled for 6 p.m. July 27 outside Town Hall at Central Avenue and Vine Street.

"This is way of honoring the dedication that Jack gave the department and town," Mayor John DiDonato said.

Donio served as a member of the Hammonton Volunteer Fire department from 1965 to 2002. He served as Hammonton's fire chief from 1988 to 2002.

Following the ceremony, light refreshments will be served. The Hammonton Town Council meeting will follow at 7 p.m.

Posted in Breaking, Atlantic on Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:20 pm Updated: 2:27 pm.

Atlantic City - A suspicious fire caused further damage to a boarded-up home on North Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday evening, but there were no injuries, a fire official said.

The call about a fire on the 100 block of North Pennsylvania Avenue came in at 6:53 p.m., and firefighters arrived a minute or two later to see heavy flames coming from the first floor of the four-story Victorian building, said Battalion Chief Michael Mooney.

Firefighters attacked the flames with heavy hoses, and put out the fire in five or 10 minutes, Mooney said.

"A building like this is a major concern, because it's wide open," and oxygen can fuel the flames and spread them quickly, Mooney said.

The fire started on the first floor on the left side of the unoccupied building, Mooney said. The siding is made of asphalt shingles, which are petroleum-based and burn quickly.

The building has already been the site of several multi-alarm fires, Mooney said.

The cause is being treated as suspicious and the arson unit was investigating, Mooney said.

The 100 block of North Pennsylvania Avenue and a few blocks of Baltic Avenue were closed while firefighters put out the flames.