A fire that started at a frozen custard shop Thursday ripped along the boardwalks of Seaside Park and Seaside Heights, N.J., and damaging nearly two dozen businesses along the way. Much of the iconic boardwalk just rebuilt after Superstorm Sandy was destroyed. No serious injuries were reported, but of the roughly 400 firefighters who responded to the blaze, 12 suffered smoke inhalation, Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd said. Not since the Long Branch Amusement Pier fire of 1987, has there been a more disastrous beachfront fire on the Jersey Shore. Gov. Chris Christie declared a state of emergency Thursday. Read more http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/12/seaside-nj-boardwalk-fire/2806627/
