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New Jersey motel fire kills four and injures eight | New Jersey motel fire kills four and injures eight |
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Four men have been killed by a blaze that devoured a New Jersey motel which was housing people displaced by 2012 storm Sandy. | |
Eight people were injured, three critically, in the fire at the Mariner's Cove Motor Inn. | |
It is not yet known what caused the blaze at the two-storey wooden motel by the seaside. | |
A fire last September destroyed about a third of the resort's boardwalk, which had only just been restored from Sandy. | A fire last September destroyed about a third of the resort's boardwalk, which had only just been restored from Sandy. |
Those caught in Friday's blaze described chaos and screaming as dozens of people inside the motel scrambled to escape the flames. | |
Joe Frystock was among those who were staying at the inn because their homes were deluged by the huge storm, Sandy, two years ago. | |
"I lost everything again, but I'm alive," Mr Frystock, a diabetic, told the Associated Press news agency. | "I lost everything again, but I'm alive," Mr Frystock, a diabetic, told the Associated Press news agency. |
"I only got out with my insulin kit, but this is what keeps me alive, so I guess I'm lucky." | "I only got out with my insulin kit, but this is what keeps me alive, so I guess I'm lucky." |
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