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70 North Bath Avenue

December 19, 2011 - One firefighter was injured as a two-alarm fire ripped through the third floor of a home on North Bath Avenue Monday morning. Firefigher Anthony Tomaine, who passed out on the third floor of 70 Bath Ave., will be kept overnight for observation at Monmouth Medical Center, according to city Fire Chief Al Sico.

At 6:22 a.m., firefighters were called to the scene, in the first block of North Bath Avenue, where fire destroyed the interior of the top floor of the home, according to Sico. It was extinguished within an hour. “A lot of credit goes to the first-in crew who really made a great stop. The fire was rolling across the top of the stairs on the third floor when I got to the second floor,’’ Sico said.

“From the bottom of the third-floor stairs, I knew the fire could easily get out of control. But the four firefighters kept pushing and asking for more hose pushed up to them,’’ he said. “They did not give in and soon made the landing and into the fire rooms. Through the thick smoke they went to extinguish the fire,’’ he said.

Long Branch Fire Chief Al Sico talks with Firefighter David Ressek outside of 70 North Bath Ave., where fire ripped through the third floor of the home early Monday morning.  CHARLES WEBSTER-PHOTOGRAPHER

A small triangular hole in the roof and two broken windows were the only damage that could be seen from the street Monday morning. “We had to open the roof,” Sico explained. Sico said Tomaine was “resting comfortably” on Monday night.

The cause of the fire has not be determined, but may have been electrical, Sico said. “I am very proud of our firefighters and this is another example of their commitment to the citizens of Long Branch,’’ Sico said.

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