PHOTO: An abandoned Wall Township mansion home to a distinguished Hearst newspaperman before becoming a state-run psychiatric hospital was destroyed by a roaring fire on Saturday morning and then demolished by county workers.
Firefighters began battling the second-alarm blaze at the Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center, located on Atlantic Avenue, shortly after 8 a.m., according to a post from the Glendola Fire Company on Facebook. Monmouth County Public Works demolished the building after the flames were extinguished. The cause of the fire remains unknown, said Sgt. Jeffrey Flynn of the New Jersey State Police, which is investigating the fire.
“The building had to be demolished for safety purposes,” Flynn said.