ICYMI - News Release Franklin Township (Somerset), NJ Tregarding Hamilton Street Residential Fire

Hamilton Street Residential Fire  - New Release

Franklin Township (Somerset), NJ — Franklin Township Acting Public Safety Director Lloyd Fredericks announces an ongoing investigation into a residential fire.

On Wednesday January 7th, at 1608 hours the FTPD responded to a residential property on Hamilton Street on the report of a fire.

Upon arrival officers located an active fire in a detached garage to the rear of the property which later spread to a shed on Brookline Avenue. Firefighters from East Franklin, Community, Somerset Fire and Rescue, Middlebush, New Brunswick, and North Brunswick fire companies responded and extinguished the fire. Hamilton Street was closed between Hawthorne Drive and Highland Avenue as fire crews worked. No injuries to civilians or emergency personnel were reported. The Franklin Township Fire Prevention Department is currently investigating the cause of the fire. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Director of Fire Prevention, John Hauss, at 732-873-2500 extension 6305.

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