Flanders Firefighters Knock Down Car and Barn Fire

Nobody injured as car fire spreads to 88-year-old barn in Mount Olive Township
By: Flanders Fire Company #1 & Rescue Squad
 
FLANDERS, N.J. - April 3, 2015 - PRLog -- Flanders firefighters tonight battled a car fire that spread to an 88-year-old barn, extinguishing the fire before it seriously damaged the barn. The car was demolished, but there were no injuries.

Firefighters were alerted to a car fire on Flanders-Drakestown Road around 7 p.m. and then advised that the car was next to the barn and that the fire had spread to the front of the building.  Owner Don Williams said he was working on the car when the fire began. He and his brother, Doug, used a backhoe to pull the car away from the barn, but the fire was already moving up the front of the building.

Arriving firefighters found the car fully involved and the front of the barn burning. Fire Chief Michael McDermott said firefighters focused on knocking down the fire in the barn and then extinguished the car fire.

McDermott said the investigation by the Mount Olive Fire Marshal’s Office and the Mount Olive Police Department is under way.  No damage estimate was offered.

Flanders received assistance from Budd Lake Fire Company, the Chester Fire Department and the Hackettstown Fire Department. In addition to Flanders Fire/Rescue’s ambulance, EMS units from Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, Budd Lake and Chester were on the scene.

The Flanders Fire Company and Rescue Squad No. 1 provides fire protection and emergency medical services to residents and businesses in Flanders and, through mutual aid, surrounding towns. It is made up of about 45 members, all of whom receive training in fire suppression, rescue, hazardous materials response, homeland security issues and emergency medical services. The fire company operates two fire engines, one tower truck, one heavy rescue, a brush-and-foam truck, three ambulances, a multiple-casualty unit and a mass decontamination unit.

In addition, the fire company offers public education services including lectures, demonstrations, training and a trailer that safely simulates a smoke-filled home. For information about membership, donations or public education, call (973) 584-7805 or click on www.flandersfire.org.

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Doug Fenichel, APR
***@flanders-fire-rescue.org
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