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Traffic Advisory UPDATE - Moss Mill Road, Hammonton

EVFC NewsBeginning Monday, December 14 through Wednesday, December 16, a road closure/ detour will be in effect on Moss Mill Road in Hammonton, between 7th Street and the White Horse Pike, from 7:30 AM to 4 PM each day for work by the Town of Hammonton.

Police will be on site to assist motorists. Motorists are advised to follow the posted detour or plan an alternate route and allow extra travel time. This work is contingent on weather conditions.
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Fire/Rescue News - Egg Harbor Township police investigate four-vehicle accident on Black Horse Pike

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By MICHELLE LEE Staff Writer | Posted: Friday, December 11, 2009 | 0 comments

The Egg Harbor Township police are investigating a four-vehicle accident that hurt four people on the Black Horse Pike on Wednesday in the Cardiff neighborhood. One woman was still in the hospital Friday, recovering from her injury.

The accident happened at about 5:05 p.m. by the intersection of the Black Horse Pike and Tremont Avenue, Sgt. Robert Gray said Friday. Elizabeth N. Torres, 30, from Minotola, was driving east when her minivan was hit by another driver traveling north on Tremont Avenue , Nancy Mariela Cruz-Alvarez, 30, from the township, Gray said....Continue Reading

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Incident #100 12/10/2009 at 7:15am - 3106 Reading Ave for a Structure Fire

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The Elwood Fire Company responded to a fully involved structure fire. (Garage) Upon arrival E16-3's crew attacked with 2 1 1/3" lines. 4" supply was dropped from Reading ave.

Mutual Aid was called in from Nesco and Hammonton.

All units were clear at 9:10am.

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Fire/Rescue News - MULLICA TWP BLAZE DAMAGES HOME, RESIDENTS FORCED OUT

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MULLICA TWP.--Some home improvement work appears to have caused a blaze in Mullica Township Tuesday afternoon.

Fire crews from several volunteer departments responded to the residence on the 500 block of Warton Park Boulevard shortly after 3:30p.m.

Despite crews getting a handle on the blaze in less than 15 minutes, the house did sustain serious smoke and water damage.

"Guy working on plumbing and a torch set a fire up inside the wall into the crawl space and wound up in the attic," explains Assistant Chief Louis Critelli of Elwood Volunteer Fire Company.

Fire officials say it may be some time before the residents of the house will be able to move back in.

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Fire/Rescue News - Pedestrian killed in Galloway Township crash

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From Press staff reports | Posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | 0 comments

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Galloway Township police are looking for help in solving a car accident that killed a pedestrian late Tuesday night.

The accident happened at 7:59 p.m. at the intersection of Route 30 and Seventh Avenue, according to township police. The unidentified man was hit by a vehicle traveling east, and he died at the scene. The case is being handled by the Galloway Township Traffic Unit and the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigation Unit.

Anyone who witnessed the accident or has any other information is asked to contact Galloway Patrolman Richard Barber at 609-652-3705 ext. 049.

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Incident #98 12/08/2009 at 3:36pm - 531 Wharton Park Blvd for a Structure Fire

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Fire started by a plumbers torch and extended into the craw space and attic.Thermal image camera used to check for further extension.

Mutual Aid companies were Sweetwater, Nesco, Weekstown, Hammonton, South Egg Harbor and Hammonton Rescue

All units were clear at 5:26pm.

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Fire/Rescue News -Hammonton school bus crashes, no students injured

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By ROB SPAHR Staff Writer | Posted: Monday, December 7, 2009 | 0 comments

HAMMONTON - A school bus driver was hospitalized Monday morning after the bus she was driving struck a tree at the intersection of Central and Valley avenues.

According to C. Dan Blachford, the superintendent of the Hammonton School District, a bus carrying five students was turning left onto Valley Avenue from Central Avenue at about 7:30 a.m. when its driver, Holly Johnson, lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a group of trees between the two roadways....Continue Reading 

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