Station 44 reports to 3 fires in 4 days April 23rd-26th, 2009

Mike Cerosky of 23rd Avenue in the South Seaside Park section of Berkeley Township lived in one of the two houses that caught fire on the street on the afternoon of Thursday April 23rd. Mike said all his gas appliances began smoking at once, and right after he was able to cut electric and gas to the house, a huge fire erupted.

UTILITIES PERHAPS TO BLAME? While Seaside Park firefighters were busy fighting the Cerosky house fire, this house directly across the street suddenly burst into flames as well.

Seaside Heights Station 44 and Lavallette’s Station 69 were called to extinguish this fire. The firefighter in the picture is Greg Kohr. Pete could never get this close. The picture is courtesy of SHFD firefighter Matt Semeraro.

This truck caught fire in the CVS parking lot on the morning of Saturday April 25th. Once again, Matt Semeraro took the shots.

Another angle of the burned truck.

SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM EVERY PART of the Sawmill, at Stockton Avenue and The Boardwalk in Seaside Heights.

Look carefully, and you can see smoke is pouring out of every opening in the two-story embattled bar & restaurant. The Sawmill sustained heavy smoke and water damage as a result of the fire.

THANKS AGAIN MATT SEMERARO, who got these exclusive shots of inside the Sawmill for readers.