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Jersey Shore misery: Superstorm Sandy to boardwalk fire

A sign for Seaside Park stands undamaged as firefighters continue working to extinguish embers after a fire destroyed dozens of businesses and attractions along the Jersey Shore boardwalk.

A sign for Seaside Park stands undamaged as firefighters continue working to extinguish embers after a fire destroyed dozens of businesses and attractions along the Jersey Shore boardwalk.  (Justin Lane / EPA)

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A sudden fire that engulfed the Seaside Park and boardwalk in New Jersey has been contained, but not before destroying much of the progress made after the same area was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy just last year.
Read more: ‘It’s gone’: After Jersey Shore boardwalk fire, a disaster pileup.

FunTown after Sandy

A worker looks through debris from the FunTown Pier that was damaged by Superstorm Sandy in Seaside Heights, N.J.  (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)

FunTown after the fire

Damage from a fire that destroyed dozens of businesses and attractions along the boardwalk in Seaside Park in Seaside Heights, N.J.  (Justin Lane / EPA)

Superstorm golf

A miniaature golf course on the boardwalk at Point Pleasant Beach lies crumpled after Superstorm Sandy.  (Wayne Parry / Associated Press)

Park Arcade blaze

Firefighters battle the blaze on the boardwalk in Seaside Park.  (Bob Bielk / Associated Press)

Aerial tour after Sandy

Marine One, carrying President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, flies over Atlantic Coast areas damaged by Superstorm Sandy.  (Doug Mills / Associated Press)

Sandy's destruction

Waves break in front of a destroyed amusement park wrecked by Superstorm Sandy in Seaside Heights, N.J.  (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

Obama and Christie

President Obama and Gov. Chris Christie walk along the boardwalk in Point Pleasant, N.J., as they view rebuilding efforts following Superstorm Sandy.  (Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images)

Gov. Chris Christie

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks to the media at the scene of a massive fire that destroyed dozens of businesses along an iconic Jersey Shore boardwalk.  (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

Broken Typhoon

Remains of an amusement park ride stand above the destroyed businesses along a boardwalk in Seaside Park.  (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

Sandy's destruction

An aerial photo shows damage to an amusement park in Seaside Heights, N.J., after Superstorm Sandy.  (Mike Groll / Associated Press)

Watching the firefight

Crowds gather to watch firefighters laboring to extinguish the fire that destroyed dozens of businesses and attractions on the Seaside Park boardwalk.   (Justin Lane / EPA)

Reconstruction efforts

A jogger watches as a man cleans out the remains of a home Aug. 14 on the Lavallette, N.J., beachfront that was gutted by Superstorm Sandy.  (Wayne Parry / Associated Press)

The moring after

Smoke rises from the FunTown Pier on Friday at Seaside Park, N.J., the morning after a fire burned a large portion of the boardwalk.  (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)

A fiery commute

Commuters drive on a bridge connecting the barrier island of Seaside Heights, N.J., with the mainland as a cloud of smoke rises from a massive fire Thursday along the Seaside Park boardwalk.  (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)

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