By ROB SPAHR, Staff Writer, 609-272-7283 | Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2009 3:10 am | 0 comments

HAMMONTON - Illegal chemicals found at a North Washington Street home Tuesday were confirmed to have been explosive.

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Staff photo by Britney Lillya

Firefighters carry a hose around the side of a home, located at 73 Daretown-Alloway Road in Upper Pittsgrove, as flames burst through the roof Wednesday afternoon.

UPPER PITTSGROVE TWP. -- The garage and front portion of a home located at 73 Daretown-Alloway Road was completely destroyed by fire this afternoon, but luckily, no one was home when the flames broke out.

A woman who happened to be driving by spotted the smoke and flames and quickly called 911. She even went up to the house and banged on the door to make sure no one was home.

The fire broke out around 2:30 this afternoon and crews are still at the scene.

More information will be posted as it becomes available.

Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 3:10 am |

From Press staff reports

NORTHFIELD - A house fire caused minor damage Monday afternoon, but a stretch of Cedar Bridge Road was closed for nearly an hour while the Fire Department cleared the scene.

A family in the 3100 block of Cedar Bridge Road was stripping wallpaper when the liquid they used dripped down the wall and hit an electrical outlet at about 4:30 p.m., fire Chief Henry Martinelli said. The small resulting fire was out by time firefighters arrived.

Cedar Bridge Road was blocked to traffic at Oak Avenue while firefighters cleared the home of smoke.

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