A two-family house that caught fire Thursday morning has left at least three Asbury Park residents without a home. Asbury Park firefighters responded to 1544 Asbury Avenue Thursday morning, according to an Asbury Park fire official. Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire conditions on both the first and second floors of the home, located at […]

A Super Cab taxi van got lodged in between two storage tanks after the driver of the vehicle crashed into the garage door at the Asbury Park Waste Water Treatment Plant located at 1700 Kingsley Avenue. The Asbury Park Fire Department [APfd]  responded to the call alerting them of the incident minutes after 7 a.m. […]

Asbury Park firefighters spent more than two hours fully extinguishing a blaze when a tractor trailer filled with laundry from Hospital Services, Inc. [HCSC] caught fire Saturday night while it was parked on Langford Street. The Asbury Park Fire Department received a call Saturday at 10:02 p.m. about a fire that had broken out near […]

A structure fire severely damaged two homes on Cookman Avenue Sunday, displacing three adults and causing minor injuries to several firefighters, according to a local fire official. Members of the Asbury Park Fire Department [APFD] responded to a call reporting a structure fire on the 900 block of Cookman Avenue [between Langford Street and Memorial […]

This month, the Asbury Park Fire Department [APDF] isn’t just fighting fires. In recognition of October’s status as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the APFD has joined the fight against breast cancer. For the entire month, members of the department will don pink T-shirts with the department logo on them. The shirts are available for purchase, and all […]

A fire this afternoon displaced 11 residents of the Asbury Gardens housing complex, formerly known as the Vita Gardens, at 120 Monmouth Ave. The electrical fire took place in Unit Two, according to Garrett Giberson, communications officer for the Asbury Park Fire Department. Three units sustained fire damage due to the fire, and 12 units […]

The Asbury Park Police Department and Fire Department will meet for the first annual Gun vs. Hoses flag football game on the beach this weekend to raise funds for their respective charities. The game starts at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, with a rain date of the following Sunday. The firefighters will play for […]

A fire that broke out after midnight in the 400 block of Ridge Avenue was caused by unattended cooking, public information officer Garrett Giberson said today. The fire department received a call at 12:35 a.m., Giberson said. Firefighters found heavy smoke and fire conditions when they arrived at the scene. Three residents — a 34-year-old […]

Members of the Asbury Park Fire Department extinguished a three-alarm fire at 1026 and 1028 Sewall Ave. this afternoon, according to fire chief Kevin Keddy. The department received word of the fire at around 12:30 p.m., Keddy said. It took firefighters about two and a half hours to get it under control. Flames were not […]