Fire on Block 832

Only a couple of weeks after this fire on Block 832, we had another one tonight.

The picture above shows the recent destruction at a Connolly Properties site on Block 832 where a fenced-in area holds household cast-offs until they can be removed.

Tonight a neighbor in my building saw a man setting fire to newspapers behind another Connolly building and then spreading the fire to the rear of 131 Crescent Avenue.

City firefighters quickly extinguished the fire tonight, but my neighbors are wondering why it happened.

In the past, the city has had serial arsonists who target a block or neighborhood, and now we are wondering whether we are such a target.

Anybody with information should let city officials know. The Fire Division may be reached at (908) 753-3484.