Tag: Kendall Park Fire Department
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Humid weather – a challenge – for firefighters battling fire at South Brunswick residence; no injuries reported
Fire officials said a fire at a two-family home on Davids Court is a reminder for residents to “keep doors and windows closed in the event of a fire.” “Fortunately, the door at the top of the stairs to the basement, and the few basement windows, were all closed. This helped to limit smoke spread…
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Fire officials: ‘Old charcoals’ from barbecue night before may have caused fire at residential house in South Brunswick
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Old charcoals from a barbecue the night before may have caused a fire at a four-unit residential house on Samuel Court, according to fire officials. Once firefighters arrived on scene, they were able to contain the fire within approximately 20 minutes, according to Deputy Police Chief James Ryan of the South Brunswick…
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South Brunswick residents sickened by carbon monoxide from generators too close to home
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Officers were dispatched to a Robin Road home for a woman possibly having a heart attack around 10:55 p.m. Aug. 4. Officers Matthew Hagood and Tyler Harpster arrived to find the 61-year-old woman and her 9-year-old granddaughter in the residence. The officers soon realized that the woman was not suffering a heart…
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Kory Drive family displaced after fire, gas leak
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A fire and subsequent gas leak on Sept. 7 has displaced a family with three school-aged children. The fire was reported at 6 p.m. on Kory Drive. When officers and firefighters arrived they found smoke coming from the top floor of the two-story home, which had already been evacuated, according to information…
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Four pets die in mobile home fire in South Brunswick
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – At 4 a.m., today, Oct. 24, South Brunswick police were dispatched to the Brookside Mobile Home Park for an active fire. As officers arrived, they discovered the fire had spread to an additional mobile home. All of the occupants from those trailers were able to get out safely prior to police arrival, according…
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Suspicious package dropped from sky above South Brunswick solar farm determined to be weather monitoring device
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A suspicious white package dropped down from the sky onto the solar farm on New Road was determined to be a weather monitoring device. Around 11:53 a.m. on Aug. 7, Officer Salvatore Fama was informed of a device attached to a parachute, accompanied by a handwritten note indicating it was not…
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Seventy-five firefighters respond to fire in South Brunswick
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A single-family home in the Monmouth Junction section of the township required dozens of firefighters to battle the flames. At 2:26 p.m. Aug. 14, South Brunswick Police received a 911 call of a house on fire at 10 Wexford Drive. Officers and firefighters arrived to observe thick smoke coming from the front of the residence,…
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Firefighter sustains minor injury battling Kendall Road kitchen fire
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – One minor injury to a firefighter was reported during a house fire on Kendall Road earlier this week. Police received a 911 call from a resident around 10:53 p.m. Aug. 6 who said she observed flames in her kitchen, according to information provided by the South Brunswick Police Department. “Firefighters arrived quickly…
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South Brunswick High School evacuated after students fall ill
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Students returned to class shortly after South Brunswick High School was evacuated due to three students falling ill. According to a statement released by Principal Peter Varela, during a lesson on disease and blood issues on May 8, a student fainted. Two others, in response, did also. A number of other students…