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Firefighters Battle Huge Blaze In Ewing
Broad Ave. Home Destroyed
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bby Michael Ratcliffe/The Times
Saturday June 14, 2008, 1:37 PM
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Saturday June 14, 2008, 1:37 PM
www.nj.com
EWING -- A raging two-alarm fire reduced a township home to rubble Saturday morning.
The home on Broad Avenue, near Charles Street, was already completely engulfed in flames when the Ewing firefighters were first alerted to the blaze about 10:45 a.m.
A second-alarm was immediately transmitted, summoning help to the scene from Lawrence, Hopewell Township and Pennington.
The heat from the blaze was so intense that it melted the siding on the house next door. Firefighters were able to save that house from further damage by training hoses on it.
Two ladder trucks, meanwhile, poured water down on the first house, which soon collapsed.
Battling the blaze were crews from the Pennington Road, West Trenton, Prospect Heights, Lawrence Road, Slackwood, Lawrenceville, Union-Titusville and Pennington fire companies.
Ambulance crews from Ewing, Trenton and Pennington were on scene but there were no immediate reports of any injuries.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation at this time by Ewing police and the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office.