UPDATE: Firefighters Battled Two Fires On Same Street Sunday Night

A fire that gutted an abandoned building at 22 Second Avenue on Sunday is considered suspicious, Long Branch Fire Marshal Hayes said.

“It was a vacant building,” Hayes told app.com. ”It had no electricity on and we’re treating it as such.”

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The building is owned by Long Branch Partners LLC, which owns dozens of properties in the city’s lower Broadway corridor and is delinquent on at least 50, according to tax records.

The group owes $3,531 in 2014 taxes on the 22 Second Ave. property, which was slated for a tax sale Tuesday at City Hall, city officials said.

Firefighters from a number of area departments spent Sunday night putting out two fires, one a two-alarm blaze, that destroyed an abandoned building on Second Avenue, and a smaller fire at a residence across the street.Public Safety Director Jason Roebuck said.

No was injured in either fire, but it took an hour a half to bring the abandoned building blaze under control.

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