Crime & Safety
Garbage Truck Fire Damages Shopping Center In Mendham
Four businesses at the King's Shopping Center were damaged.
MENDHAM, NJ— A garbage truck fire that broke out in Mendham early this morning damaged four businesses, according to reports.
The fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. when a propane tank in a garbage truck exploded. It then spread to the stores in the King's Shopping Center.
Country Coffee Shop and Village Pizza suffered the majority of the damage, and the Chocolate Shoppe and Aoyama Chinese and Japanese Restaurant were mainly damaged by water.
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The fire was under control by 8:15 a.m.
BREAKING: Mall on fire in Mendham, NJ: pic.twitter.com/g9toOdbJTm
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) December 28, 2016
Area of kings shopping center closed currently due to a building fire: please avoid area and plan alternate routes.
— Mendham Twp Police (@MendhamTwpPD) December 28, 2016
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