Ice Maker Ignites New Jersey Barn Blaze

June 14, 2004
Firefighters were called to put out a barn blaze in Flanders yesterday after an ice-making machine caught fire inside the building at Ashley's Farm on Hillside Avenue.
Firefighters were called to put out a barn blaze in Flanders yesterday after an ice-making machine caught fire inside the building at Ashley's Farm on Hillside Avenue.

The blaze was discovered about 10 a.m. when the farm's owner saw heavy smoke and flames billowing above the barn, said Flanders Fire Department spokesman Doug Fenichel. Firefighters fought the blaze for an hour and a half and contained it to a single room, preventing the flames from spreading to an adjacent equipment barn.

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