--- description: Several people who had been missing were all accounted for Friday evening following a fire that whipped through a Jersey shore motel title: New Jersey Motel Fire Kills 4, Injures 8 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa7eea86a4984abc/698686a4e53abaf00a4d19e8/new-jersey-hotel-fire.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [fire](/tag/fire/) ## fire Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # New Jersey Motel Fire Kills 4, Injures 8 by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 21, 2014 4:36 PM CUT  Firefighters work to put out a fire at Mariner's Cove Inn in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., March 21, 2014. Firefighters work to put out a fire at Mariner's Cove Inn in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., March 21, 2014.Tom Spader—The Asbury Park Press/AP by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 21, 2014 4:36 PM CUT Four people were killed and eight others injured on Friday during a [fire](http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2014/03/raging%5Fpoint%5Fpleasant%5Fbeach%5Fmotel%5Ffire%5Fkills%5F2%5Finjures%5F8.html "undefined") at a New Jersey motel. Although several people had remained missing Friday afternoon, all were accounted for by the evening, the Associated Press reports. The fire broke out early Friday morning at the Mariner’s Cove Motor Inn in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J, the _Star-Ledger_ reports. The motel housed victims of Hurricane Sandy whose houses remain uninhabitable 17 months after the storm. Occupants sustained injuries from smoke inhalation and leaping from the second floor of the mote, Point Pleasant Beach Police Capt. Robert Dikun told the _Star-Ledger_. About 50 volunteer firefighters from at least eight companies responded to the fire, which started at about 5:30 a.m. and was under control about an hour-and-a-half later despite strong winds and the motel’s wooden structure. Officials at the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said more than 20 people were staying in the motel Thursday night, according to [various](http://www.app.com/article/20140321/NJNEWS/303210040/point-pleasant-fire?nclick%5Fcheck=1 "undefined") [local](http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/1-Dead-in-Jersey-Shore-Motel-Fire-251392291.html "undefined") reports, although the records were burned so an exact count is unclear. Firefighters saved one woman on the second floor who stayed in her shower while the rest of her room burned. While the cause of the fire is not yet known, authorities said a smoking lounge at the corner of the second floor is the focus of the investigation. \[[_Star-Ledger_](http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2014/03/raging%5Fpoint%5Fpleasant%5Fbeach%5Fmotel%5Ffire%5Fkills%5F2%5Finjures%5F8.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/33640/new-jersey-motel-fire-kills-3-injures-8/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/33640/new-jersey-motel-fire-kills-3-injures-8/"},"headline":"New Jersey Motel Fire Kills 4, Injures 8","datePublished":"2014-03-21T16:36:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:54:05.047Z","description":"Several people who had been missing were all accounted for Friday evening following a fire that whipped through a Jersey shore motel. 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