Investigation continues into Ocean City boardwalk fire, park vows to rebuild
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OCEAN CITY, New Jersey (WPVI) The smoke and fire that tore through Playland s Castaway Cove in Ocean City, New Jersey, last month have cleared, but it s going to be a multi-million dollar fix for the park s owners. Everything s been gutted that s inside the office. There s not much left, said Brian Hartley, the VP of Playland s Castaway Cove.
Police, firefighters, and the ATF assessed the damage Saturday and are still trying to figure out a cause.
Investigators kept the block of the boardwalk blocked off. We re sitting here with our hands tied, waiting to try to get in there, said Hartley.
Playland Castaway Cove rides safe after Ocean City boardwalk fire
Published: January 31, 2021
A fire was contained to a building at Playland Castaway Cove on Saturday (JiLLy’s Stores via Facebook)
OCEAN CITY A boardwalk landmark pirate ship is all but gone while the rides it towered over are safe, following a four-alarm fire in the Playland Castaway Cove arcade building on Saturday.
In addition to the larger-than life ship installation with its enormous pirate and parrot, the arcade and three business offices had suffered sizable damage as of Sunday. The fire also ripped through Hamburger Construction Company, Dairy Queen and BrumeJuice, according to Brian Hartley, Vice President of Playland Castaway Cove.
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI
For the second time in two months, members of Ocean City’s governing body Thursday night expressed dismay about a proposed wind farm that would be powered by nearly 100 gigantic turbines anchored 15 miles off the coast.
Touted as a form of clean energy, the project by the Danish energy company Orsted is a centerpiece of Gov. Phil Murphy’s goal of having 7,500 megawatts of offshore wind capacity in New Jersey by 2035.
Members of City Council, though, pointedly asked whether Orsted’s 1,100-megawatt project would make financial sense while reiterating their concerns that it might harm Ocean City’s tourism industry as well as local businesses.