Editing Seaside Park, New Jersey (section)

===Disasters===
On June 9, 1955, a malfunctioning neon sign component caused a fire at a shop on the corner of Ocean Terrace and DuPont Avenue. The fire was driven by winds estimated at {{convert|50|mph}}, blowing the fire south and engulfing the entire pier. The fire was stopped at Stockton Avenue due in part to the fact that the boardwalk and pier ended there. In what became known as Freeman's Fire, a total of 85 buildings were destroyed with an estimated $4 million in damage from the conflagration.<ref>Chang, David. [http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Boardwalk-Fire-Brings-Back-Memories-of-Devastating-Seaside-Blaze-Nearly-60-Years-Ago-223759891.html "Boardwalk Fire Brings Back Memories of Devastating Seaside Blaze Nearly 60 Years Ago"], [[WCAU]], September 16, 2013. Accessed September 18, 2013. "On June 9, 1955, a fire broke out at a shop on the corner of Ocean Terrace and DuPont Avenue in Seaside Heights. Driven by 50 mile per hour winds, the fire spread south, until it was finally placed under control at Stockton Avenue in Seaside Park..."</ref>

On March 8, 1962, Seaside Park was affected by a [[nor'easter]] that had churned offshore for two days. The storm, which destroyed a large section of the borough's boardwalk, is variously referred to as the [[Ash Wednesday Storm]], the Five High Storm and the Great March Storm of 1962.<ref>Rose, Lisa. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/50_years_later_nj_remembers_wh.html "50 years later, N.J. remembers the storm that swallowed the Jersey Shore"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', March 8, 2012. Accessed September 23, 2013.</ref><ref>Salvini, Emil R. [http://www.njtvonline.org/news/uncategorized/the-great-atlantic-storm-of-1962/ "The Great Atlantic Storm of 1962"], [[NJTV]] News, March 6, 2012. Accessed July 27, 2016.</ref>

On September 12, 2013, a [[2013 Seaside Park, New Jersey fire|ten-alarm fire]] swept from the Funtown Pier northward.<ref>Staff. [http://6abc.com/archive/9245840/ "Seaside Park Fire 100 Percent Contained; No Word on Cause"], [[WPVI-TV]], October 7, 2013. Accessed July 27, 2016. "The fire that consumed much of the Seaside Park boardwalk Thursday was contained but some hot spots flared up on early Saturday. Officials say this is to be expected and they are on top of any minor flare ups. Now, the investigation into what caused the massive inferno is about to begin."</ref> The fire is believed to have started under the boardwalk, below the Kohr's Kustard stand at the southern end of the pier. The wind pushed it northward, and fire crews were able to make a stand at Lincoln Avenue by tearing up the newly replaced boardwalk which was destroyed less than a year before by Hurricane Sandy.<ref>Rose, Lisa; and Augenstein, Seth. [http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2013/09/seaside_begins_picking_up_pieces.html#incart_maj-story-1 "Christie promises to rebuild, as firefighters continue to knock down hot spots at Seaside Boardwalk"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', September 13, 2013. Accessed July 27, 2016.</ref> Jack & Bill's Bar and Kohr's Kustard were two businesses that were destroyed in both the 1955 and 2013 fires.

On September 17, 2016, [[2016 New York and New Jersey bombings|a suspected pipe bomb]] was placed in a trashcan and detonated, causing a small explosion, but no injuries or deaths. It is currently unclear who placed the bomb and under what motivation, but it is believed the bomb's intended target was the Seaside Semper Five, a [[5K run]] taking place in the surrounding area. The run had been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances regardless, but was canceled soon after details of the explosion became clear.<ref>Miele, Christopher; Baker, Al; and Barbaro, Michael. [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/nyregion/chelsea-explosion-new-york-city.html "Powerful Blast Injures at Least 29 in Manhattan; Second Device Found"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 17, 2016. Accessed August 22, 2018. "Officials said the New York explosion was not connected to a blast that happened 11 hours before when an improvised device exploded in a garbage can near the course of a charity race that was about to start in a small town on the Jersey Shore. That device went off around 9:30 a.m. near the boardwalk in Seaside Park, N.J., according to the Ocean County sheriff, Michael G. Mastronardy."</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Simon|first=Mallory|title=New York explosion leaves dozens injured|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/17/us/new-york-explosion/|publisher=CNN|date=September 17, 2016|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=De Blasio: Dozens injured in Manhattan explosion|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/de-blasio-29-injured-in-explosion-in-manhattan-1.12331497|work=Newsday|date=September 17, 2016|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Melanie|last1=Eversley|first2=Kevin|last2=McCoy|title=Explosion in N.Y.'s Chelsea neighborhood injures 29|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/09/17/explosion-new-york-chelsea-neighborhood/90605526/|newspaper=USA Today|date=September 17, 2016|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref>