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NJ forest fire breaks out near the Batsto area

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17-year-old charged with arson, other charges, after fire at Oakcrest High School

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The school day at Oakcrest High School was interrupted for a short time when staff and students were forced to evacuate after a small fire. 

Fire crews responded to the call of a fire at the high school just after 9:30am Tuesday. 

Fire crews quickly extinguished the flames in a bathroom. 

Damage was limited to a portion of the bathroom. There were no injuries reported. 

Investigators have identified a 17-year-old suspect from Mizpah.

He was arrested and charged with second degree aggravated arson, fourth degree of risking widespread injury, and third degree criminal mischief.

The suspect is in the Harbor Fields Juvenile Detention Center pending court.

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Mullica Township fire wipes out apartment, acre of forest; none injured

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Posted AC Press: Friday, March 28, 2014 8:56 am

 MULLICA TOWNSHIP - A total of eleven companies responded to a fire Thursday night on 7th Avenue that reduced a two-story garage and rental apartment to rubble and destroyed about an acre of forest, Police Captain Brian Zeck said. 

All four companies from Mullica Township responded, as did companies from Egg Harbor City, Hammonton, Mays Landing and others. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service also responded. 

The apartment was vacant and no one was injured, Zeck said. 

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The Mullica Township Fire Department received a report of fire shortly after 9 p.m. and arrived at the 1600 block of 7th Avenue to find the structure fully engulfed and a portion of forest also in flames. The fire was put out at about 11 p.m., Zeck said. 

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Here's a video you don't see everyday. A tornado of tumbleweeds cause a blaze to intensify

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Firefighter Thomas Rogers recorded this video of a tumbleweed tornado that helps spread a controlled fire beyond what was originally intended. Taken at a wildlife refuge in Denver, Colorado, several fire teams were at hand to help control the blaze.

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Amazing video captures worker's daring rescue from massive Houston fire

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All construction workers who had been in the high-rise building were accounted for, and no injuries have been reported.

Video posted to YouTube (above) shows one construction worker on a fourth-floor balcony of the structure, with heavy flames showing inside the building. As he was waiting for a ladder truck to come to his aid, the worker dropped down, swinging onto a balcony below.

He was eventually rescued by the ladder, just as the top-story wall falls behind him in flames.

The video, uploaded by user Karen Jones, claims to have been shot from a building on the AIG campus near the scene of the fire.

Houston Fire Department spokesman Capt. Ruy Lozano told the Houston Chronicle that one man was rescued as he prepared to jump to safety. Fire officials said more than 200 emergency personnel had responded to the scene.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Lozano told the newspaper that high winds caused the fire to spread quickly.

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Greenhouse fire causes blasts, closes road near Hammonton

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Winslow greenhouse fire

Posted: Sunday, March 23, 2014 10:00 am

WINSLOW TOWNSHIP — Crews are investigating a fire at a wholesale greenhouse Saturday night on Mays Landing Road that destroyed the building and briefly touched off a forest fire.

When firefighters arrived at County Line Greenhouse about 8:15 p.m., they found it fully involved, said fire investigator Michael Scardino.

"There were multiple explosions" and a second alarm, he said.

It drew at least seven fire companies to the scene. Winslow Township police closed off about a half mile of Mays Landing Road between Piney Hollow Road and the Hammonton border.

The building is on a rural road behind a home, which appeared unaffected. The commercial greenhouse appeared to be destroyed, and other buildings may have been damaged.

At the height of the fire, burning embers were falling at least a half-mile away.

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