Crime & Safety
Dramatic Photo Of 3-Alarm Monmouth Beach Fire
The fire started in the late morning at a private home on Riverdale Avenue and Valentine Street. All residents safely got out.
MONMOUTH BEACH, NJ — Monmouth Beach police allowed us to re-publish this photo of a dramatic three-alarm house fire that broke out there Tuesday morning.
The fire started at 11:11 a.m. at a private home on Valentine Street at Riverdale Avenue.
"All initial reports indicate that everyone exited the residences safely without injury," Monmouth Beach Police Chief Thomas C. Walsh told Patch.
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Due to the high winds, the flames quickly spread to a second home and the fire rose to third-alarm status, the Asbury Park Press reported.
Several roads in and out of Monmouth Beach were shut down.
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The incident is under investigation by Monmouth Beach Detective Peter Rechtman and the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, both of which are on scene at this time. A cause has not been released.
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