Two New Jersey beach towns will get $15 million in state aid to repair damage from a boardwalk fire that devastated the resorts that had to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy, Governor Chris Christie said on Saturday.
The fast-moving blaze swept across the Seaside Park and Seaside Heights boardwalk on Thursday, engulfing scores of businesses and taking 400 firefighters hours to put it out.
Sandy pummeled the communities in October 2012, and they had recovered only months before the fire. One of the most famous images from the storm was that of a Seaside Heights roller coaster that had fallen into the Atlantic Ocean, remained half-submerged for months and drew a steady stream of sightseers.
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