Tag: Kendall Park Fire Company
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Voters approve fire district budgets in South Brunswick
Voters in South Brunswick approved the fire district budgets for all three fire departments. For South Brunswick Fire District No. 1, which is covered by the Kendall Park volunteer firefighters, the total budget for 2021 is $874,050, with the amount of $867,750 to be raised by taxes. This is a 0.9% increase over 2020’s budget,…
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None of 50 firefighters responding to Sonoco fire report injuries
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – All three South Brunswick fire companies – Monmouth Junction, Kingston and Kendall Park – along with Monroe Fire District 3, Jamesburg, Plainsboro and North Brunswick Volunteer Fire Co. No. 2 battled a fire at the Sonoco warehouse. More than 50 firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire at 5 Stults Road around…
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Lawnmower catches fire, sets Richford Road house ablaze
All three South Brunswick fire companies – Kendall Park, Kingston and Monmouth Junction – responded to a house fire on Richford Road on Nov. 20. Around 2 p.m., South Brunswick Officer Greg Boldizar and Sgt. Anthony Pisano spotted smoke coming from a home on Richford Road. The officers immediately notified dispatch and went to the…
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Agencies train together during simulated emergency in South Brunswick
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Brooks Crossing Elementary School Head Custodian Helen Beecher did not sound too panicked when she alerted her principal to a crashing sound outside the building on Sept. 25. However, around 1 p.m., while school was in session, Beecher said she began to smell natural gas after the crash. After alerting Principal Jaime…
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Fire destroys second South Brunswick home in a week
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – For the second time in a week, fire has destroyed a home of a South Brunswick family. South Brunswick police received a 911 call from a passing motorist reporting a house on fire on Anderson Way around 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 30. Monmouth Junction Fire Chief Scott Smith arrived in the development…
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Cell phone charger possibly started fire that destroyed home on Fresh Ponds Road
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A South Brunswick family escaped a two-alarm fire that destroyed their Fresh Ponds Road home on Jan. 23. At 5:35 p.m., a 911 caller reported that a fire started after a cell phone was charging in a power strip in the basement of the single family home, according to information provided by…
