Crime & Safety
Brush Fire Spreads, Damages Home In Somerset County
The dry, hot weather continues to be a problem as volunteer firefighters battled a fire on Wednesday.
MANVILLE, NJ — What started as a brush fire spread to a house fire in Manville on Wednesday morning.
At around 10:43 a.m., Manville DPW workers reported a fire sparked in the landscaping next to a house on Bound Brook Avenue and spread to the vinyl siding, said Manville Lt. John Crater.
While a resident was home at the time there were no reported injuries.
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The damage was contained to the exterior of the home. The home is still livable, said Crater.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Along with Manville firefighters, Finderne Fire Department also came to help.
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