Officer injured while making rescue in residential high-rise fire in Atlantic City
6abc Philadelphia • • nation
Key Points:
- A multi-alarm fire broke out around 5 a.m. Wednesday at the Brighton Towers residential high-rise in Atlantic City, with flames visible from the eighth to the tenth floor.
- The building was evacuated, and some residents were rescued from their balconies during the incident.
- An Atlantic City police officer was injured while performing a rescue and was hospitalized due to smoke inhalation.
- Fire crews from Margate and Northfield assisted in battling the blaze, and firefighters remain on the scene.
- The cause of the fire is currently unknown.
