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Third Floor Blaze Battled in Elizabeth

 

 

On July 2, 2008, Engine One arrived on Elizabeth Avenue and found a smoke condition on the third floor of a three story mixed occupied building. The first floor was the Gentlemen’s Club with apartments on the two and three floors. The building was also attached on both sides to three story buildings.


As fire vented out the rear of the building command ask for a second alarm, as roof was being vented. Heavy fire was found in the cockloft and appeared to have extended to the delta exposure. With that report, Incident Command asked for the third alarm which brought in mutual aid from the Union County Fire Department who also covers as a task force for Elizabeth. Ladder Tower Three opened its master stream from their bucket and knocked down the heavy fire quickly. The fire was contained in approximately one hour and officially put under control at the 120-minute mark.
 

-Fire News photos by Robert Scollan

 


Searches Prove Negative at

Lawrenceville Fire

 

 

 

 Recently, on a hot and humid Saturday, two firefighters were injured while battling a two-alarm blaze in a 12-unit apartment building in Lawrence Township, Mercer County.


The fire at the Lawrenceville Gardens complex on Franklin Corner Road was reported at 12:35 p.m. Heavy fire was venting from several windows of an end unit on the second floor of the two-story building when firefighters arrived.


Told that a child was possibly trapped in the fire apartment, first-due crews mounted an aggressive attack and a primary search while the second alarm was transmitted. Ultimately, all searches proved negative and the “trapped” child was later found safe elsewhere. Two firefighters were transported to a local hospital – one to be treated for minor burns, the other for back injuries suffered during a partial ceiling collapse.


The fire was under control by 1:20 p.m. It was contained to the apartment of origin, although three neighboring units sustained smoke and water damage. An electrical cord pinched behind a bedroom dresser was believed to have been the cause of the fire.


The blaze was fought by crews from nine fire companies from Lawrence, Hamilton, West Windsor, Pennington, Princeton and Ewing.
 

-Fire News photos by Michael Ratcliffe


Four Alarm Blaze Rocks Little Ferry

 

 

 

On July 24, 2008, more than 150 firefighters fought a four alarm fire for more than five hours in Little Ferry. A mixture of paper, solvents and other printing chemical exacerbated the flames and caused heating units to fall through the roof, rupturing a gas line. The ruptured gas line caused several small explosions.


No one was injured during the operation. Police and fire officials were still trying to determine how the 1:00 a.m. blaze began. Lightning was initially considered, however an electrical problem appears to have been responsible for the incident.
 

-Fire News photos by Brett M. Dzadik

 


Fords Firefighters Battle Tanker Fire

 

 

On the morning of July 11, 2008, a gasoline tanker rolled over on the Exit 11 ramp of the New Jersey Turnpike. The driver escaped the burning vehicle and was transported to Robert Wood Johnson New Brunswick. Fords Fire Company called in numerous mutual aid companies including the Carteret foam truck and the Port Authority Foam truck from Newark Airport to help battle the tanker fire.

 

-Fire News photos by Wayne Tasaki

 


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