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Firefighters Battle Two-Alarm Warehouse Fire In Frigid Temps: Raritan Responders Firefighters Battle Two-Alarm Warehouse Fire In Frigid Temps: Raritan Responders
Firefighters Battle Two-Alarm Warehouse Fire In Frigid Temps: Raritan Responders Frigid temperatures couldn't prevent the Raritan Township Fire Company from extinguishing a two-alarm warehouse fire on Wednesday, Jan. 17. Late morning, the Raritan Township Fire Company responded to a water flow alarm at a Church Street warehouse, the fire department said on Facebook. When firefighters arrived they saw smoke showing and an active fire in the warehouse, firefighters said. A second alarm was transmitted as firefighters dealt with the building's size and the freezing temperatures, firefighters said. Firefighters discovered the blaze involved pallets of large cardboard t…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
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