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3 Phillipsburg Firefighters Injured During Two-Alarm Blaze At Pipe Manufacturing Facility 3 Phillipsburg Firefighters Injured During Two-Alarm Blaze At Pipe Manufacturing Facility
3 Phillipsburg Firefighters Injured During Two-Alarm Blaze At Pipe Manufacturing Facility Three firefighters sustained minor injuries in the several hours it took to put out a fire at a pipe manufacturer in Phillipsburg Tuesday evening, authorities said. An estimated 60 firefighters from five of Phillipsburg's six fire companies responded to the two-alarm blaze at the Sitgreaves Street facility around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Phillipsburg Fire Chief Richard Hay said. Plumes of smoke barreled out of the building's "Bag House," a four level, 40-by-40 foot steel-encased structure toward the back, authorities said. “The fire was extremely hot, smoky and difficult to access,” Hay sai…

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by Valerie Musson