Home Damaged In Early Morning Gloucester Township Fire: Police

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — A home was damaged after a fire broke out on Vance Avenue early Saturday morning, Gloucester Township police said. The lone occupant of the home was hospitalized as a precaution after being safely evacuated.

Police responded to the home on the unit block of Vance Avenue at about 10:46 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, for a report of a dwelling fire. Arriving officers found heavy smoke coming from the home.

Gloucester Township Fire units responded quickly and placed the fire under control, police said. With assistance from fire units from Pine Hill Station #62, they were able to contain it to the kitchen.

The fire marshal ruled the fire to be accidental. Vance Avenue was closed from Jarvis Road to Whalen Avenue while firefighters combated the blaze.

Police remind everyone to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. With Daylight Saving Time coming up in November, the batteries can be changed when residents change their clocks.

"Where there is smoke, there is fire which can spread quickly," police said. "Working smoke alarms give you early warning so you can get outside quickly."