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>>> BILL ACRES, MAYOR OF SEASIDE
HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.
MR. MAYOR, SO SORRY WE'RE
TALKING UNDER THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF BIG OF A
FIRE THIS IS?
>> I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE
SOMEWHERE AROUND 30 BUILDINGS.
IT'S COVERING AN EIGHT-BLOCK
AREA FROM STOCKTON AVENUE WHERE
THEY PUT THE BREAK IN AND THANK
GOD IT'S HOLDING ABOUT 7:45 THEY
SAID THEY HAVE IT CONTAINED TO
THE AREA TO THE A BLOCK AREA AND
I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY FROM
THERE.
>> DID ANY OF THESE BUILDINGS
HAVE SPRINKLERS OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT?
IT SEEMS TO HAVE MOVED SO FAST
AND SPREAD SO WIDE.
>> FEW OF THE BUILDINGS DO AND
OF COURSE, THEY WILL FAIR
BETTER.
IF YOU POWER A BOARDWALK SET UP,
ALL THE BUILDINGS ARE CONNECTED.
SO THE FIRE IS VERY EASY TO JUMP
FROM ONE TO THE OTHER AND LIKE A
TUNNEL AS IT'S GOING DOWN MOVING
THE BOARDWALK FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH.
JUST LIKE A WIND TUNNEL GOING
DOWN THERE AND CARRYING IT AND
EMBERS FLYING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF
YARDS ON TO OTHER BUILDINGS.
SO IT WAS GETTING AHEAD ON WHERE
THE FIRST BREAK WAS FINALLY
STOPPED AT LINCOLN AVENUE.
>> OBVIOUSLY, IT BREAKS YOUR
HEART KNOWING THE TRAMA THIS
COMMUNITY SUFFERED DURING
HURRICANE SANDY.
HOW LONG AGO WAS IT THIS AREA
REOPENED, WAS REBUILT?
>> WE GOT -- THE BOARDWALK
ITSELF DID OPEN BY MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND BUT A LOT OF BUSINESSES
HAD THEMSELVES IN POSITION TO --
I THINK WE WERE FULLY FUNCTIONAL
BY JULY AND SO PEOPLE GOT TO
ENJOY WHAT THEY COULD OF A
SUMMER THAT WAS SOMEWHAT AWFUL,
AND WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO
OUR SEASON HERE, HOPING THE
PEOPLE THAT DID MAKE THE EFFORT
TO REBUILD AND GOT THEMSELVES
READY TO BE OPEN AND THAT'S IN
JEOPARDY HERE, TOO.
SO WE'LL TAKE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL
EVALUATE EVERYTHING TOMORROW
MORNING IN THE LIGHT OF DAY AND
SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
THE MAIN THING IS EVERYTHING IS
OUT.
THE AREA AND WE ROLL OUT THE
SPECS THAT WE WORKED TOO LONG TO
PUT OUT THE BID AND WE HAVE ALL
SPECIFICATIONS THAT WERE ALREADY
DONE AND PUT THEM OUT AGAIN AND
START OVER AGAIN.
>> SO YOU HAVE NO DOUBT YOU'LL
REBUILD, THIS AREA WILL COME
BACK?
>> NO, THERE IS NO DOUBT AT ALL.
YOU CAN'T NOT HAVE IT.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN JUST -- SEEMS
LIKE IT HAS BEEN A LONG, HARD
YEAR, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW
HARD IT WOULD BE WITHOUT THIS
BOARDWALK.
WE HAVE TO DO IT.
>> IT'S JUST SO UNFAIR AND
AGAIN, MY BEST TO YOU AND TO