Nearly Five Dozen NJ Firefighters Tackle Large Residential Fire
By Joshua Chung
Source Asbury Park Press
MIDDLETOWN, NJ—A fire Sunday night at a one-story ranch home in the Chapel Hill section of the township prompted a large emergency response, but there were no reports of any injuries. A family pet, however, was killed in the blaze.
The fire on 248 Chapel Hill Road included large flames and resulted in a response of 56 firefighters from four companies of the Middletown Township Fire Department, including Brevent Park, Community, Middletown No. 1, and River Plaza Hose fire companies. Air and safety units were also on the scene, according to Dennis Fowler, a fire department spokesman.
Upon arrival to the scene, firefighters determined the conflagration was located near the windows of the one-story home, Fowler said in a prepared statement.
Furthermore, Chief John Waltz requested that additional companies be dispatched for additional firefighters and a Rapid Intervention support team to protect firefighters as they extinguished the blaze, Fowler said.
Search and rescue teams confirmed the structure was unoccupied, but unfortunately a family pet was unable to escape the flames. The fire was called by Chief John Friedman at 10:15 p.m. and all united were cleared from the scene at 11:27 p.m., Fowler said.
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Thermal imaging cameras were employed to ensure all fire was found and extinguished, along with ventilation fans being installed to remove the smoke from the structure, according to Fowler. The building utilities to the home were disconnected by New Jersey Natural Gas, Jersey Central Power and Light and New Jersey American Water.
Ten Emergency Medical Service members from Leonardo, Middletown and Port Monmouth fire aid squads responded with three ambulances to provide firefighter rehabilitation and medical assistance to all firefighters, all according to the statement.
No firefighters or civilians were injured during the blaze.
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