Photos By Gary Green
Story By Dennis Sharpe

At 0945hrs on March 18, 2002, Egg Harbor Township, NJ Firefighters were dispatched to a report of house fire at 206 Ontario Avenue in the Guerro Lakes section of Bargaintown.

A crew from a passing trash truck saw smoke coming from a house and called it in.

Crews arrived within minutes to find a 2 story unoccupied home with smoke and fire showing.

Firefighters began an aggressive interior attack to combat the quick spreading blaze.

A second alarm was sounded bringing all five of Egg Harbor Townships Volunteer Fire Companies to the scene.

It took crews nearly three hours to bring the fire under control.

There were no injuries reported for firefighters or civians, however the family dog did perish in the fire.

The cause of the fire is unknown and is still being investigated.