Oh no, that's a shame this has happened to this family. I also hope that there dog didn't die in the fire. A dog is a family member!!

My heart goes out to the family at this time... if there is anything they need please keep us updated so my family can contribute...

My thoughts and prayers are with the family that lost thier home

Local 732 We as humans have to do something.
They lost everyhing, I can't even imagine & to lose their pet, this is horrible.
Please patch what can we do?????

Thank goodness no one was injured. If Patch can update what they need in clothing, I might be able to help, or if someone knows them . I can also donate a gift certificate to a food store.

Brick Volunteer Emergency Medical Services, Brick Police EMS, Point Boro was on location along with the new Mass Care Bus for Fire rehab was launched to the scene.

It is my cousins house. :-(

Poor Mia... such an awesome dog :-(

Barbara -- If there's anything we can do, let us know! My e-mail is at the top of the page. - Dan

No injuries? NO INJURIES? What about the dog?? The dog doesn't count?

dog is family i would be devastated

Deb, i know, so tragic.

Local 732, Darrell & Barbara please lets help this family.
I can also donate clothing, food 4 sure, toiletries, dishes etc... I have a ton of stuff & niote: there is nothing wrong with the items I have just don't need them. I will continue to check back, just post what, where etc we can help!!

Jersey shore hurricane news on Facebook has a link to donate things. I was there and saw the homeowner. He was devasted, it was sad.

I was driving by when I saw this happen. So I went to see who's house it was becuse I used to live a few blocks away that was such a bad fire and to lose a pet is even worse...barbra I will pray for ur family and poor mia RIP doggy :(

@Jeanne Monari:

Well freaking DUH. I was calling the writer of the article out on not having any information about the dog. Pets are an especially important part of the family, and as far as I'm concerned an animal's life is just as valuable as a human's.

(And for the record, the article was updated a bit about the dog following my comment.)

I don't do facebook, so if someone gets info, please post it here and let me know where to go. Thanks

James , sorry for your loss - not only your home and belongings but for your best buddy mya - she was a great dog and i feel for you - i always walked by your home with my husky smokey when he was alive , i know your pain. If we can do anything for you we will - john and maria at 439 carole avenue

Does anyone know what size clothing James wears? Please let me know M_Garrison80@yahoo.com

I have a visa gift card I would like to donate to James. Is anyone taking collections?

I'm Jim's brother Joey & We appreciate all the condolences,& are thankful Jim is alive!!! Mia was an extremely beautiful, petite husky(most obedient dog I've ever encountered)!! Donations are greatly appreciated,& can be made through:
Blue Water Pool Service
2605 bridge ave, pt pleasant,NJ
732-295-5401

Clothing sizes:
36Waist
34Length
XL shirt
Size 13 shoe

Joey what else does he need besides clothing. I have some new and used clothing coming for him, but I will try to gather up whatever else he needs. (I live two houses down, we feel just awful for him.)

Thanks Joe!
I too will drop stuff off.

Thanks again for everyone's support!! The only thing aside from clothes now, at this point, would be $$$, or gift certificates... It's tuff to say what he needs, because I don't think he knows what he needs yet!! I believe it's gonna be a slow process in the realization of this tragic event!!

No female clothing... The only female that lived there was his dog Mia, who would sleep w/him every nite, he used to walk around w/her in his arms, she was a great mentor to my dog,Fry... Fry & Mia spent a few hours swimming in my moms pool w/ my 2 kids, just an hour prior to these horrific events!!!

why where the brick Volunteer ems Brisk ems, the fire dept from pt boro and ems scene mentioned who all helped out in the scene? and yes pets are family and are parts of ppls family. they are impt too

Joey,
Please let your brother and you're family are our my thoughts. Mia is with our buddy Angus. It's extremely difficult when you have a tragedy like this and lose your family pet, your BFF. One of our family members actually died in house fire-I know what you're going thru & the best thing James can do: is one second, one minute, hour, day etc.,,at the time.. I know of a great therapist. PTSD sucks.

@Daniel Nee: Fair enough. Although, I'm aware it hasn't been updated since last night. I just happened to read the article, make the comment, and when I looked at the article again maybe ten minutes later it was changed slightly.

And of course, that makes sense to refer differently to people and animals. I just felt the article made it seem like the dog's death wasn't important.

I would like to start a collection throughout my neighborhood and the area...I want to send out fliers to people to donate items and giftcards. Everything collected would then be dropped off at Blue Water Pool Service to help.

Joseph, I went to Bridge Ave. today to drop of gift certificates as stated. Your cousin is a very nice person. I wish him well.