After doing some research to see how people are feeling after the Lakewood/Brick fires I heard one resounding message from the victims...THANK YOU to our local firefighter HEROS!
There was nobody inside a Middletown home in flames as Firefighters arrived but they did rescue 28 pets and brought them to safety as an inferno spread through the residence.
A home in the Holiday City section of Berkeley Township sustained damage in a Thursday fire, that appears accidental in its cause, but remains under further investigation.
Monmouth County Freeholders and the OEM are increasing the amount of testing and hours available to first responders with the Sheriff's Office Mobile Unit.