Less than a year after being hit bySuperstorm Sandy, iconic N.J. towns Seaside Park and SeasideHeights faces tragedy again after a massive fire struck theboardwalk, damaging and destroying the newly repaired boardwalk andbusinesses.

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At around 2 p.m. on Sept. 12, asix-alarm fire erupted in the historic Kohr's ice cream stand onthe Seaside Park portion of the boardwalk. The fire quickly spreaddown towards the Seaside Heights section, burning six blocks beforereaching a trench dug up as a last-ditch effort to contain theflames at 11 p.m.

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This image from aerial video shows araging fire in Seaside Park, N.J. on Sept. 12. The fire began ataround 2 p.m. in the historic Kohr's ice cream stand on the SeasidePark section of the boardwalk. Wind conditions caused the fire toquickly spread north into neighboring Seaside Heights.

Firefighters battle a blaze in 3Brothers Pizza's building on the Seaside Park boardwalk. The firehit the recently repaired boardwalk, which was damaged last year bySuperstorm Sandy. There were no early reports of any injuries,aside from a few fire fighters that were treated for smokeinhalation.

A firefighter saws through a metal wallon a building at the Seaside Park boardwalk in an attempt to battlethe blaze inside. The cause of the fire is not known, and estimatesof how many businesses had been damaged or destroyed range from 50to 60.

Nicholas Wey, 18, left, and friendPeter Irler, 18, both from Toms River, N.J., stand on the beachwhile looking at a fire that burns a large portion of the SeasidePark boardwalk.

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie addresses themedia as the massive fire continued to burn and spread on theevening of Sept. 12. “After all the effort and time and resourcesthat were put in to help the folks at Seaside Park and SeasideHeights rebuild—to see this going on is just unthinkable,” saidChristie.

On the left, firefighters work to putout the fire in Seaside Park on Thursday evening. On Fridaymorning, firefighters are seen gathering hoses outside the nowdamaged and destroyed businesses. The fire required as many as 400firefighters to get it under control. Crews worked to dig up aswath of the boardwalk with heavy machinery in hopes of stoppingthe fire from spreading further. They filled the void with sand toconstruct makeshift dunes. Water was in short supply so it waspumped from the nearby Barnegat Bay, reports say.

Commuters drive on a bridge connecting the barrier island ofSeaside Heights, N.J., with the mainland on the evening of Sept.12, as a cloud of smoke rises from the fire at the Seaside Parkboardwalk.

A firefighter disconnects two hoses themorning after, on Sept. 13. The fire was finally contained ataround 11 p.m. Thursday night, when officials decided to dismantlea section of the boardwalk using equipment from a crew that wasthere during the day repairing what had been destroyed bySuperstorm Sandy. Friday morning, Gov. Christie said the fire is 95percent contained, as firefighters continue to dump water on hotspots.

Smoke rises from the Funtown Pier onFriday, Sept. 13 at Seaside Park, the morning after the fire. Thissection of the boardwalk became very well-known following Sandysince two symbols of the storm's effect on the Jersey shore—theroller coaster in the ocean and the inexplicably upright Ferriswheel—were located on Funtown Pier. Almost all of the children'srides on the pier were lost to Sandy and the area remained closedthis summer. The Pier collapsed from the fire.