Smoke In Woodbridge Caused By Power Plant Testing

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — If you noticed smoke in Woodbridge Township Monday morning, it was caused by testing at the new PSE&G generating station in Sewaren, Mayor John McCormac said.

The PSE&G power plant was doing some type of testing Monday morning that resulted in smoke conditions throughout the area, he said. He did not know the specifics of the testing or what exactly caused the smoke, but said the smoke is all clear now. Top photo used with permission from Jay Kondrk, taken Monday morning at the base of the Woodbridge-Sewaren Bridge.

PSE&G built a new generating station in Sewaren on the same site as their longstanding plant, which was severely damaged during Sandy.

In an unrelated incident, Woodbridge was rocked Saturday morning when a home at 121 Vernon Way in the Port Reading section exploded, followed by a fire. The explosion happened at 10 a.m. Saturday, and is believed to be caused by a boiler exploding. There were at least seven children in the home at the time having a sleepover party. Everyone survived the disaster, but children were seen running out of the home with their hair on fire and two adults were hospitalized with severe burns. Patch reporting: Explosion at Woodbridge Sleepover Party: At Least 13 Hurt

A GoFundMe page has been set up for the family: https://www.gofundme.com/exwg6...

Anyone know what’s going on in smoky @WoodbridgeNJ right now? Wife’s bugging and sending me pics of what looks like my street is on fire pic.twitter.com/DrO82PcKlt
— Jay Kondrk (@JayKondrk77) April" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/JayKondrk7... 23, 2018