This severely damaged an area that had been badly hit, and was just recovering, from Hurricane Sandy.

Via NY Post:

A raging  fire that gutted more than 30 Jersey Shore boardwalk businesses and took all night to put out  looks “suspicious” — and is being investigated by prosecutors, sources said.

Investigators are eyeing arson because it was a midday fire with no bad weather and no obvious cause or injuries, sources told ABC News.

Firefighters battle a six-alarm blaze fueled by strong winds in Sandy-ravaged Seaside Park.EPA

Officials have not yet been able to investigate the cause  because the boardwalk was still smoldering on Friday afternoon but they are looking into all possibilities, sources said.

“Fire of this magnitude with no obvious cause goes to the lead investigative agency in the county, which in this case is the Ocean County Prosecutor’s office,” an  official told ABC News.

The fire erupted at Kohr’s Custard Stand on Thursday, leaving six blocks of the iconic in boardwalk in Seaside Park blackened with rubble.

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