TOMS RIVER, NJ-Ocean County officials have blamed the cause of the devastating fire that destroyed a large swath of boardwalk and businesses here on wiring damaged during Superstorm Sandy.
The boardwalk fire in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights started Thursday in aged wiring compromised by salt water and sand during Sandy, federal and county investigators said at a news conference on Tuesday.
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato said, "I'm sure on every boardwalk everywhere (at the Jersey shore), there may be compromised wiring," he said. "We don't want to start a panic mode. We just want to be reasonable. If you're a property owner and you think your electrical work came in contact with water and sand, we strongly recommend you have it inspected."
Seaside Heights Mayor William Akers said there is no faulty wiring issue on the surviving sections of the boardwalk. See story in The Record.
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