Incident #6 Possible Structure Fire - Hammonton

Sunday, January 20 2008 @ 12:33 am EST

Contributed by: CBrining

While The Elwood Fire Company was on a cover assignment at Hammonton on Saturday the 19th. They were called to a report of a possible structure fire at 68 South Chew Rd. at 6:33pm. Support 16-1 and Engine 16-3 responded with a crew of 7. On arrival at 6:39pm they found the fire was put out by the home owner with a fire extinguisher. The EVFC crew removed the microwave that had caught fire and checked for extension with the thermal camera . They also used a positive pressure fan to remove smoke from the home. All units were clear at 6:56pm.

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Elwood Fire Rescue
https://www.evfc160.com/main/article.php/2008011919253446