Category Archives: Fire

MIDDLETOWN: Red Bank volunteers extricate boater after his feet become stuck in river mud off former Chris' Landing site on Swimming River.

RED BANK: As pool rebuild moves ahead at high-rise, lawsuit claims negligence caused millions of gallons of water to float the old one out of the ground.

RED BANK: A snip of a dormant wire atop a utility pole causes another to snap and fall downtown.

RED BANK: Locals gather in Riverside Gardens Park to remember the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

RED BANK: YMCA walks back part of a plan to end free memberships for borough kids and first responders, but says no kids will be turned away.

RED BANK: 'Irate' Menna blasts YMCA decision to terminate free memberships for borough kids and emergency first responders.

RED BANK: YMCA ending free memberships for borough kids and emergency first responders in a move driven by "accountability" issue, says director.

RED BANK: Fire apparently cause by a cigarette dropped into mulch displaces all residents of 12-unit apartment building.

RED BANK: Fire causes heavy damage to Oakland Square, a 12-unit apartment building constructed just two years ago near train station.

LITTLE SILVER: Electrical service suspected in small fire that burned a power strip in a Seven Bridges Road residence Tuesday.

RED BANK: Zoning board agenda Thursday includes downtown speakeasy/ food market; changes to theater plaza; and new home where last one burned down.

RED BANK: A nose for trouble turns a routine inspection into a hunt for a gas leak that averted potential disaster at an apartment complex, officials said.

RED BANK: No injuries reported as blaze destroys vehicle traveling Maple Avenue early Tuesday.

MIDDLETOWN: Longtime Red Bank resident and volunteer Gladys Bowden, injured by a fire in her Shadow Lake condo last month, has died. She was 88.

MIDDLETOWN: A GoFundMe account seeks to help an elderly couple, former Red Bank volunteers, who were injured by a fire in their home earlier this month.

RED BANK: House destroyed by fire Wednesday was undergoing illegal renovations, officials say. Blaze traced to jury-rigged portable heater.

RED BANK: House fire at rush hour destroys home under renovation, sends blanket of white smoke across the downtown Wednesday morning.

LITTLE SILVER: No one injured as SUV winds up atop sedan in parking lot accident at Sickles Market, police report.

RED BANK: Plan for a three-unit apartment building to replace a burned-out single family withdrawn amid objections by neighbors.

RED BANK: Elevated carbon monoxide levels trigger alarms and prompt second day of shutdowns for a large office building on Chestnut Street.