Monroe – Wednesday at 10 a.m., the Monroe Township Police Department along with the Monroe Township First Aid Squad and fire departments responded to Forest Park Terrace for a report of smoke coming from the cargo area of a Monroe Township municipal garbage truck.
Middlesex County Hazmat responded as well to investigate and determined muriatic acid was disposed of in an undetermined garbage container and caused the smoke condition.
Three Monroe Township Department of Public Works employees were transported as a precaution to Old Bridge Regional Medical Center for observation.

