Single vehicle hit a pole across from the Columbia II Restaurant. Cut battery cables on car. Assisted police with traffic

Kiely Construction hit a 3" high pressure gas main. Evacuated 2 houses and stood by and made area safe until South Jersey Gas shut off the gas. All station 160 units were clear at 13:20

Published on Feb 3, 2014

Confirmed False Alarm per 1600 on location. Kitchen smoke detector sounded due to cooking

 

GALLOWAY TWP. -

 

An early morning fire tore through part of a housing complex in Galloway Township.

It happened before 4:00 a.m. Thursday at The Woods at Blue Heron Pines, on the 1000 block of Bally Bunion Drive just off Tilton Road.

Fire officials arrived on the scene to find one of the units fully engulfed in flames.

All occupants were able to escape the building, although officials say one person suffered slight burns to his hands and was treated on the scene by paramedics.

Police say a lit cigarette left near a mattress sparked the fire, which quickly spread to other parts of the building.

It took firefighters more than an hour to bring the fire under control, and multiple rooms suffered extensive damage.

The Red Cross and Salvation Army are assisting all four people who were displaced after the fire

Station 160 was dispatched to Germaina Fire house for a cover assignment. Engine 16-3 arrived at Germaina without incident. Engine 16-3 stayed at station and was released by command. No action was taken.