Tag: Monmouth Junction Fire Department
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Resident, firefighter treated for heat exhaustion while three apartments left uninhabitable after Princeton Orchards apartment fire
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Firefighters encountered heavy fire conditions at Princeton Orchards Apartments in South Brunswick. The Monmouth Junction Fire Department was dispatched to the complex off Ridge Road for a kitchen fire around 5:30 p.m. Aug. 6. Police officers, along with Monmouth Junction Fire Chief Scott Smith and Deputy Chief Sean Wert, arrived to find…
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First responders rescue man trapped in truck following crash
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – First responders rescued a driver who was trapped in the cab of a box truck following a motor vehicle accident. South Brunswick Patrolman First Class Mike Leung and Officer Brooke Labell responded to a box truck that ran into the back of a tractor trailer around 12:26 p.m. July 16, according to…
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Dozen firefighters use Jaws of Life to extricate driver after tractor trailer crash; suffers fatal injuries
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – South Brunswick police received a 911 call of a tractor trailer crash on Corn Road around 9:17 p.m. Aug. 31. When officers arrived on the lightly traveled industrial road they found a tractor trailer cab entangled with a flatbed tractor, according to information provided by the South Brunswick Police Department. The Monmouth…
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Historic barn in South Brunswick that once housed Washington’s troops destroyed by fire from fallen electrical wire
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A two-alarm fire on Ridge Road consumed a two-story wooden barn within minutes of the call. The fire, which was reported at 12:33 p.m. on May 19, resulted in the destruction of one of the oldest structures in South Brunswick. The two-story barn at 600 Ridge Road was part of the historical…
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Hundred-year-old South Brunswick home heavily damaged by fire
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Monmouth Junction Fire Department was dispatched to 370 Georges Road in the Dayton section of South Brunswick for a reported structure fire around 7:53 p.m. on May 11. Patrol officers arrived and confirmed a working structure fire with all occupants out of the house, according to information provided by the South…
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Forty firefighters respond to fire on Old New Road in Monmouth Junction
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Monmouth Junction Fire Department was dispatched to 47 Old New Road for a fire in the residence around 7 p.m. on April 15. Fire Chief Scott Smith and South Brunswick police officers arrived to find a fire inside a bedroom on the second floor and all residents out of the home,…
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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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Accident involving commuter van injures eight in South Brunswick
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A multi-vehicle accident occurred in the area of Route 130 southbound just prior to Georges Road in South Brunswick around 6:44 a.m. on Feb. 6, injuring eight. A 50-year-old male resident of the Dayton section of South Brunswick was driving his GMC pickup truck south when it collided with a commuter…
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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…
