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    1. Community Risk

    N.J. Amusement Park Ride Catches Fire

    Aug. 24, 2015
    The Gravitron in Keansburg Amusement Park was damaged.

    Source Firehouse.com News

    Courtesy photo/ Alexis Seitz
    Smoke billows from the Gravitron ride at a N.J. Amusement Park.
    Smoke billows from the Gravitron ride at a N.J. Amusement Park.

    Firefighters were called to a Jersey shore amusement park Monday afternoon after an amusement park ride caught fire.

    The fire that damaged the Gravitron sent a plume of dark smoke over the boardwalk in Keansburg, NBC4 reported.

    There was no word if there were any riders aboard when the fire broke out. 

    The cause remains under investigation. 

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