{"id":150427,"date":"2026-01-26T20:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/150427\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T20:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:11:16","slug":"major-fire-tears-through-popular-jersey-shore-beach-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/150427\/","title":{"rendered":"Major fire tears through popular Jersey Shore beach club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JJKUS6PCOJCQVGLMKPXJQE3RNM\">Firefighters worked early Monday to extinguish a major fire at a popular beach club in Monmouth County, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"A53FIC5GMVGHHBLD62ELCY4RPU\">The fire was reported around 1:45 a.m. at the Breakwater Beach Club in the 1100 block of Ocean Avenue North in Long Branch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EKSBZBNBQZH4VBCKSW2QCWEDSM\">No injuries were reported, but the damage was extensive, firefighters said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4JSXPZ4IJVH3LG5YYWVFKO4NGM\">A fire official described the blaze as \u201ca major fire,\u201d and said crews worked throughout the morning to extinguish the flames.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QCGHNNMFQVB43LSWJPVQB3CW7Y\">Breakwater Beach Club is a private beachfront club in the Elberon section of Long Branch. It\u2019s known for its beach access, pool, cabanas and seaside atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CFCWJZRLKBE2ZLRQDTHDVHCBDM\">Founded by a group of local businessmen, the club opened in June 1957 as part of the thriving beach club culture in Long Branch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters worked early Monday to extinguish a major fire at a popular beach club in Monmouth County, authorities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-150427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}