Roxbury MVA Results in Fire

On May 19, 2010, Roxbury Township Fire Companies One, Two, and Three were dispatched to Route 80 West at mile marker 28.2, just after exit 28, for a motor vehicle crash with a truck on fire. Chief one arrived to find a tractor-trailer had crashed into a New Jersey State Department of Transportation Dump Truck and was on fire. Also, a car overturned over on the highway as well.

The Chief quickly called for the Budd Lake Fire Department, along with the Mount Arlington Fire Companies to respond with there tender’s for extra water. Crews from Roxbury Company One and Company Two stretched two hand lines and had the fire knocked down in fifteen minutes. However, overhaul lasted approximately one hour. A HAZMAT company was also on scene to assist with cleaning up approximately 50 gallons of diesel fuel that leaked from the tractor. Only one injury was reported at the scene and the highway was reopened around 1600 hours.

 

-Fire News photos by Kevin J Maloney

 

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