BURNING IN SOUTH JERSEY AT THE
BASS RIVER STATE FOREST.
OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE HAS
80% CONTAINED TONIGHT.
IT FORCED A NEARBY CAMPGROUND
TO EVACUATE AND CREATED AIR-
QUALITY ISSUES IN THE AREA FOR
TWO DAYS.
>>> NOW TO A CBS2 INVESTIGATION
. ILLEGAL CONVERTED HOMES HAVE
LONG BEEN CONSIDERED POTENTIAL
DEATH TRAPS.
>> WE HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN
INSPECTORS GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT
APARTMENTS, THEY CANNOT EVEN
GET INTO THE BUILDING ABOUT TWO
THIRDS OF THE TIME.
TIM McNICHOLAS JOINS US NOW
WITH MORE ON THIS.
>> BUILDING INSPECTORS
RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 13,800
COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS LAST
YEAR, BUT PEOPLE ONLY LET THEM
IN ABOUT 4700 TIMES.
SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN THEY DO GET
IN, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO FIX THE
PROBLEM.
WHERE WAS YOUR ROOM?
>> RIGHT HERE.
>> Reporter: WHERE YOU SEE
BOARDED UP WINDOWS TODAY, HE
FELT SCALDING FLAMES IN JANUARY.
>> THIS IS WHY I LEFT.
>> Reporter: AND WHERE YOU SEE
SCARS, HE SUFFERED BURNS AFTER
ESCAPING FROM THE BLAZE IN THIS
SECTION OF THE BRONX.
PROSECUTORS SAY A 15-YEAR-OLD
KILLED ANOTHER MAN WHO LIVED IN
THIS BUILDING.
>> THANK GOD MY WIFE AND MY
BABY WERE NOT HERE.
>> Reporter: CBS2 HAS LEARNED
THAT YEARS AGO THE TWO FAMILY