Sentence examples for blocks of boardwalk from inspiring English sources

The fire engulfed several blocks of boardwalk and businesses.

The fire, which broke out Thursday afternoon, zipped up four blocks of boardwalk in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights.

When it was all over, more than 80 buildings across three blocks of Boardwalk lay destroyed, including a Jersey Shore institution called Kohr's Frozen Custard.

Flames ravaged about five blocks of boardwalk in the two towns, which had been among those hardest hit by the storm.

In "Water, Now Fire, and Shore Nightmare Goes On," Kate Zernike writes about the September fire that destroyed about five blocks of boardwalk and businesses in Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, two New Jersey towns that were among those hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy less than one year ago.

Then came the fire that swept up from Seaside Park on Thursday afternoon and incinerated six blocks of the Boardwalk.

TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Investigators have determined that the devastating fire that consumed several blocks of the Boardwalk in nearby Seaside Park last week was caused by an electrical wiring problem, and was not set intentionally.

The high tides flooded marshes and low-lying areas throughout the state, which briefly closed portions of state highways 54, 26, and 1. High tides destroyed 11 blocks of the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach and half of the promenade at Bethany Beach.

Barry Tiernan, another carpenter, said: "We're used to maintaining 100 blocks or so of boardwalk in the summer, and it can be 100 degrees here.

You try to do something for even one block of the Boardwalk and you have nine property owners.

Officials said the fire, reported at 1 45 a.m. on the 4300 block of the Boardwalk off Baker Avenue, started in a ground-floor storage room and was fed by cardboard boxes filled with T-shirts and novelty items.