Politics & Government
Transformers Blow; Fire At Beachwood Shopping Center
Officials toured Route 9 site just recently
The battered Beachwood Shopping Center was engulfed in flames Monday night as Hurricane Sandy struck the Jersey Shore.
The smell of burning transformers lingered down a dark Route 9 as 80 mph winds blew through Berkeley.
No word on the extent of the damages to the controversial structure.
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Estimates to clean up the asphalt plant behind the defunct shopping center, remove asbestos from the buildings and raze the site have ranged as high as $50 million, officials said.
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