On Tuesday, August 18 around 3pm South Wall was requested into Lake Como today for RIT (Rapid Intervention Team) for a residential fire. Due to heat and manpower issues South Wall was immediately put to work to assist in fire suppression and ventilation. Some picture below courtesy of FF Iorio and Whille.

Below article from NJ.COM

No one was injured in a fire that gutted a house on 21^st Avenue Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

South Belmar fire Chief Ron Whille said the Lake Como Police Department received a call at around 3 p.m. for a report of smoke coming out of a house.

No one was home at the time of the fire, Whille said. But residents occupied homes on both sides of the house and were told by authorities to evacuate.

Whille said he didn’t know where in the house the fire originated from.

As of 4 p.m., firefighters remained on scene, going in and out of the house, but the bulk of the fire was extinguished. The fire appeared to have caused extensive damage to the interior of the huse, though the structure was still intact.

No residents were injured during the fire, but two firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion, Whille said.

Responding to the scene were firefighters from West Belmar, South Wall, South Belmar, Glendola and Neptune. The County of Monmouth EMS Task Force was also on scene.