Crime & Safety
Three-Alarm Garbage Fire Underway In New Brunswick
A waste-transfer facility is on fire in New Brunswick, at the same time a massive five-alarm garbage fire is underway nearby in Elizabeth.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, there is a three-alarm fire underway in New Brunswick, said police and the local fire department.
The fire is in a waste-transfer facility on the 900 block of Jersey Avenue, said the New Brunswick Fire Department, which is now requesting a third call for back-up.
Going on at the exact same time Tuesday afternoon is a massive fire in a waste-transfer facility in Elizabeth. That fire has risen to five-alarm status. Smoke from both fires can be seen for miles around.
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Jersey Avenue is closed in both directions from How Lane to Van Dyke Avenue due to the fire. Please avoid the area, said police.
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