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Firefighters respond to the fire at the Avalon apartment complex in Edgewater, N.J., on Wednesday. It displaced more than 1,000 residents but caused no serious injuries, officials said. VIOREL FLORESCU/ASSOCIATED PRESS
The building where the fire broke out is engulfed by flames Wednesday. The blaze drew more than 500 first responders and led the whole two-building Avalon complex to be evacuated.JULIO CORTEZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS
A person uses a cellphone to take a photograph of the fire. Edgewater’s mayor declared a local state of emergency Thursday, closing schools and restricting road access near the scene.JULIO CORTEZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smoke billows from the fire in Edgewater, N.J., as seen in New York City from across the Hudson River on Wednesday. It left 520 residents without a home and 530 others temporarily displaced. CRAIG RUTTLE/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smoke from the Edgewater fire, with the George Washington Bridge in the background, is seen from Weehawken, N.J., on Wednesday. JULIO CORTEZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS
At the height of the blaze, first responders from 35 municipalities were at the scene, including 250 firefighters, 100 law-enforcement personnel, dozens of engines and ladders as well as fire boats from New York City and Jersey City, officials said. JASON SZENES/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
Smoke rises as firefighters tackle remaining hot spots at the complex Thursday. JULIO CORTEZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Edgewater Mayor Michael McPartland stands with a backdrop of smoke as he speaks during a news conference near the complex Thursday. ‘Everyone got out and none of the men were [seriously] injured. That’s the most important thing. We can always rebuild,’ the mayor said. JULIO CORTEZ/ASSOCIATED PRESS