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From: FireHouse.com: Posted: 01-16-2007

The fire took several hours to extinguish, and the cause in under investigation

A three alarm fire leveled several structures of the former Sunshine Park Nudist Camp in the early morning hours on January 15th. The Mays Landing Volunteer Fire Company was alerted to a fire on Sunny Avenue, and command arrived to find heavy fire in the wooded area approx. 1/4 mile down Sunny Avenue.

Upon investigation, it was discovered several structures were burning, including a large banquet hall and several homes. A tanker task force was requested to the scene to supply water. Thirteen fire companies responded to the call as well as Atlantic County OEM. The fire took several hours to extinguish, and the cause in under investigation.

(The Elwood Fire Company responded with Tanker 16-5 for water supply)

From: Action News

MULLICA TWP., NJ-January 5, 2003 — A rural Atlantic County firehouse is in ruins after an overnight fire destroyed the building and some of the fire company's irreplaceable vintage equipment. Action r> News was on the scene at the Nesco Firehouse in the 3400 block of Nesco Road in Mullica Township.

An alarm rang at the firehouse at around two this morning. The fire chief tells Action News that two bays were fully engulfed.

Firefighters immediately tried to salvage equipment and the firetrucks that were inside the firehouse. They did manage to save a couple of trucks.

Dan Wescoat, Sr./Asst. Chief, Nesco Fire Co.: " Our newest truck sustained moderate damage. That was the one that had to be driven through the door. We tried several attempts to get into the building to get the trucks out, but the smoke was so thick we couldn't get through the door. I was the only one with gear, everyone else's was inside the building." One of the trucks lost in the fire was a 1925 Model-T antique fire truck, which can not be replaced. Also lost in the blaze was a tanker truck. Firefighting efforts were hampered by the fact that there were no fire hydrants in this rural area and water had to be pumped from a nearby lake. Tankers from other fire companies were also brought in to help battle flames.

The Nesco firehouse is just one of three firehouses in an 80 square mile area. Other fire companies in the county will help cover the area serviced by the Nesco firehouse.

Two firefighters were taken to a local hospital with smoke inhalation.

An investigation is now underway to determine what sparked the fire.

From the New York Times Published: December 8, 1986

About 100 firefighters from throughout Atlantic County battled a fire at a tire junkyard yesterday that emitted high flames and plumes of thick, black smoke, authorities said.

The blaze was reported about 8:50 P.M. Saturday (Dec 6th) at the Perona Brothers tire yard, and burned on into yesterday, according to a dispatcher for the Mullica Township police, Patty Wilson.

The police in the rural township said that the fire was declared contained early yesterday morning, and that firefighters were letting it burn out. No injuires were reported. Earlier, there was concern that toxic smoke from the blaze might force evacuations from homes near the junkyard, where huge piles of tires have been discarded.

Nine More Houses Burned in Atlantic County - Danger Increasing

April 30, 1900, Wednesday

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