Crime & Safety
Man Rescued From Smoldering Mulch Pile In Edison: Officials
The man was working at a mulch facility when he fell down a hill and into the burning pile of mulch, officials said.
EDISON, NJ — Edison firefighters rescued a laborer trapped up to his neck in smoldering mulch at a composting facility fire in the early morning hours on Saturday, Edison officials said on Tuesday.
Yamil Mendez-Rodriguez, 28, from Dunellen, was working at the Generated Materials wood composting facility when he fell down an embankment and got stuck in the smoldering mulch during a fire around 2:20 a.m. early Saturday morning. Firefighters from Edison and Metuchen were already on scene at the Meadow Road facility, and worked quickly to dig him out from the mulch.
Officials said Mendez-Rodriguez was not burned, but was treated at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for knee pain.
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The fire broke out around 11:10 p.m. on Friday, and affected mulch piles that were as high as 70 feet, officials said. Generated Materials employees assisted firefighters with tractors as they worked to extinguish the flames.
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