Tag: South Brunswick Fire Marshal
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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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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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Staff, students safe during smoke alarm fix at South Brunswick High School
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The principal of South Brunswick High School is ensuring that all personnel are safe while the smoke alarm panel is being replaced. While conducting a routine fire drill at the school on Dec. 1, the alarm panel had a malfunction, Principal Peter Varela said in a letter to parents. “Upon this malfunction,…
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Firefighters injured during fire at Best Western in South Brunswick
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Two firefighters were injured during a fire that rendered a hotel on Route 1 uninhabitable. Members of Kingston Fire were dispatched to a structure fire at the Best Western at 7:23 p.m. on Sept. 10. The fire was located in a room on the second floor and was venting out the window…
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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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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…
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Firefighters save life of fellow member during three-alarm house fire
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – South Brunswick firefighters saved the life of one of their own during a massive house fire. The fire, which went to three alarms, heavily damaged a home on the 900 block of Georges Road in the Monmouth Junction section of town around 9:32 a.m. on April 6. South Brunswick police had received…
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Task force to evaluate compressor station planned near South Brunswick
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Township officials recently formed a task force to study all aspects of a compressor station planned in close proximity to South Brunswick. On Dec. 13, the council passed a resolution creating the Williams/Transco Compressor Station Task Force comprised of appointed officials and township residents. The task force…