Salvatore Gellura was working in his storage unit at Burleigh Storage in Middle Township and lit cardboard in a metal container to keep warm sometime around 8:49 a.m., Middle Township police said. The fire spread beyond the container and Gellura was unable to control it, police said.
One firefighter was transported to a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation, police said.
Gellura was charged with arson and making a false report to law enforcement. Gellura was processed and lodged in the Cape May County Correctional Facility, police said.
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