The Action Cam showed firefighters fighting the flames shortly after 8 a.m. on the Boardwalk in 10th Street.
Viewer video showed heavy flames and black smoke rising across the promenade.
Firefighters could be seen extinguishing the flames on the roof of a building. Firefighters could be heard shouting at passers-by, “People, you must stay back!”
The fire broke out on the stretch of promenade that includes businesses such as The Hamburger Construction Company, Pushpa’s Beach Jewelry, k-pop !, Steel’s Fudge and Prep’s Pizzeria & Dairy Bar.
The giant wheel of Playland’s Castaway Cove disappeared when the smoke blew out.
Castaway Cove posted a message on its Facebook page that the amusement park was suffering damage. Officials told guests they were going to rebuild, and for now, they will use a secondary entrance:
“To our family and loyal guests, we thank them all for their thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. We want to thank all the first responders for their hard work and pray for their continued safety during today’s events. We are struggling. to understand this morning’s events and what the next few months will be like, but we can assure you, WE WILL REBUILD !! We have a secondary entrance that will now be our main entrance for the foreseeable future. be open later! Embrace your loved ones for now, pray for the first responders and know that we will be back in the spring of 2021! “
There is no word on injuries.
Action News is working to gather more information as this story unfolds.
Copyright © 2021 WPVI-TV. All rights reserved.