Arianna MacNeill/Staff photo/The scene at Back Beach on Thursday afternoon. The surf went over the road.
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![Desi Smith Photo. Gloucester Firefighters fight flames as fire rip through the roof of a home at 12 Rockport Rd owned by Richard Mann, Monday night at Long Beach. January 8,2018 [[MER1801082114431056]]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Gloucester-Daily-Times/January-2018/i-B6TB97J/0/765d929a/Ti/180108_GT_DSM_Fire_1_2002263-Ti.jpg)
![Desi Smith Photo. Flames rip through the roof of a home at 12 Rockport Rd owned by Richard Mann, Monday night at Long Beach. January 8,2018 [[MER1801082115051057]]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Gloucester-Daily-Times/January-2018/i-m3KCx5Z/0/e7581a78/Ti/180108_GT_DSM_Fire_2_2002265-Ti.jpg)
![Desi Smith Photo. Richard Mann, second from left, watches as firefighters knock down a fire at his 12 Rockport Rd home Monday night at Long Beach. January 8,2018 [[MER1801082115061058]]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Gloucester-Daily-Times/January-2018/i-KT8qQtP/0/88a2e189/Ti/180108_GT_DSM_Fire_3_2002267-Ti.jpg)