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Smoky, Explosive Forklift Fire Engulfs Morris County Warehouse Smoky, Explosive Forklift Fire Engulfs Morris County Warehouse
Smoky, Explosive Forklift Fire Engulfs Morris County Warehouse Several fire crews worked together to douse a smoky and explosive forklift fire that engulfed a Morris County warehouse Wednesday afternoon. The blaze broke out around 1:20 p.m. at an industrial building off MLK Avenue in the Collinsville section of Morris Township, the Fairchild Fire Company said. Crews arrived and found the building fully involved, leading to the transmission of a second alarm “as a precaution due to the fire load/contents inside,” the department said. The fire was quickly doused, though a “large ventilation effort” was required to clear the smoke from the nearly 740,000…

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by Valerie Musson