Photo: AP
Luxury Apartment Building In Edgewater, NJ
One fire official stated on ABC News that the fire was fed by wood and plastic building materials. He added if it was brick and cinder block it would not have been as bad. NYFD assisted Edgewater and other NJ firefighters.
[From article]
There were no initial reports of injuries in the blaze that broke out around 4:30 p.m. at The Avalon at Edgewater in the city of Edgewater, located along the Hudson River across from Manhattan. Authorities said everyone in the four-story building apparently was able to get out safely. They had not determined the cause of the fire.
Residents were ordered to evacuate and were led to a nearby school. As the fire continued to rage, hundreds who lived at the complex, including New York Yankees announcer John Sterling, wondered what would be left of their homes.
“I was walking down one of the long hallways and I opened a door,” Sterling told The Post. “The smoke was so bad, I couldn’t even see. So I said, ‘I’ve got to get out of here.’ I’m just glad I’m safe and everyone else is safe.”
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More than 14 years ago, a fire started at the same location where a five-story condominium complex was under construction and destroyed nine homes and damaged several others. The Aug. 30, 2000, fire forced the evacuation of dozens of nearby residents, including patients at a nearby nursing home. The cause was never determined, although investigators ruled out arson.
Blaze: Part of the New York City skyline peers through smoke rising at an apartment complex the morning after flames engulfed the building in Edgewater, New Jersey.
http://nypost.com/2015/01/21/sky-high-flames-destroy-entire-apartment-complex/
Sky high flames destroy entire apartment complex
By Associated Press
New York Post
January 21, 2015 | 9:31pm
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2921029/Firefighters-battle-huge-fire-New-Jersey-apartment-complex-flames-sky-high.html
Foul odor sweeps across Manhattan after massive massive blaze at New Jersey luxury condo complex left more than 1,000 homeless
Firefighters battled a huge fire Wednesday night at a New Jersey apartment complex home to Yankees announcer John Sterling and over 1,000 others who are now displaced
The fire sent flames sky high and smoke was visible from New York City across the Hudson River even as the sun rose Thursday morning
Everyone escaped injury after the blaze broke out around 4:30pm at The Avalon at Edgewater in the city of Edgewater, about 10 miles north of New York City
On the same spot 14 years prior, a five-story complex under construction erupted in flames and was totally destroyed along with nine adjacent homes
By ASSOCIATED PRESS and ZOE SZATHMARY FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 21:08 EST, 21 January 2015 | UPDATED: 16:03 EST, 22 January 2015
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