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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Thu Jan 22, 2015, 05:08 PM Jan 2015

Edgewater, NJ: apartment building burns, hundreds homeless

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In Edgewater, New Jersey, a large apartment building burned down, leaving its 500 residents and another 500 from the surrounding area without shelter.

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Edgewater, NJ: apartment building burns, hundreds homeless (Original Post) shenmue Jan 2015 OP

I know someone who moved to that complex a few months ago. She was the neighbor of one of my clients smokey nj Jan 2015 #1

No need to worry.. butterfly77 Jan 2015 #2

You can thank New Jersey's home rule for that... TreasonousBastard Jan 2015 #3

smokey nj

(43,853 posts)

1. I know someone who moved to that complex a few months ago. She was the neighbor of one of my clients

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2015, 05:13 PM

Jan 2015

She'd lost everything in Hurricane Sandy and is now going through that again.

butterfly77

(17,609 posts)

2. No need to worry..

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2015, 05:28 PM

Jan 2015

Christie will take care of them.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

3. You can thank New Jersey's home rule for that...

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2015, 06:24 PM

Jan 2015

each town has its own construction code and some are quite lax. This complex was hundreds of apartments made from light wood construction which would be illegal in many, if not most, places for that kind of density.

I remember another case where a complex ran across town lines and Edgewater's half was stick built while the other half was fire-resistive. Insane? Yes.

Video of this fire is on local nooze, and it's pretty horrific. 35 fire departments answered the call.

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