Condo Complex Catches Fire Overnight In Mount Tabor

MOUNT TABOR, NJ — More than 100 units were evacuated early Friday morning because of a condo-complex fire in Mount Tabor. No injuries were reported.

The Mount Tabor Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched at 12:53 a.m. for a fire alarm at the Powder Hill Estates complex on Gates Court. Officials found a moderate smoke condition in the main-lobby floor, with a fire in a lower-level duplex unit.

The initial crew aggressively attacked the fire with watering cans and tools to keep the fire in the room of origin. Multiple teams ensured no considerable smoke got into adjacent units.

Officials left at 3:08 a.m. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

"This is a reminder to first responders and citizens alike that all fire alarms should be treated as structure fires until a thorough investigation has been performed," the fire department said. "It is easy to become complacent, especially with multi-family and commercial occupancy where alarms often activate due to cooking or malfunction."

The Mount Tabor Fire Department thanked its mutual-aid partners who responded:

• Par-Troy EMS
• Parsippany Volunteer Ambulance Squad
• Lake Parsippany Volunteer Fire Company District 3
• Rainbow Lakes Volunteer Fire Company
• Parsippany Troy-Hills Fire District 6
• Cedar Knolls Fire Department
• Boonton Fire Department
• Morris Plains Fire Department and the Morris Plains Fire Association
• Whippany Fire Department
• Morris Township Fire Department/Morris Township FMBA Local 70
• Randolph Township Fire Department 4th Battalion Ironia
• Town of Dover Fire Department/Dover FMBA Local 60
• Parsippany Rescue and Recovery Unit
• Madison Fire Department
• Denville Fire Department
• Morris County Office of Emergency Management
• Parsippany Police Department
• Morris County Mutual Aid Coordinators
• Morris County Communications Center

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