Crime & Safety
House Fire on Davistown Road Quickly Extinguished
Blackwood and Chews Landing firefighters responded to the house fire.
No one was injured when a fire broke out in the second-floor bedroom of a Davistown Road home Wednesday evening.
The fire at 831 Davistown Rd. was dispatched at about 7:45 p.m., according to Blackwood Fire Co. Capt. Keith Kemery, and was declared under control by about 8 p.m.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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Kemery indicated the first-arriving fire units were able to quickly extinguish the fire.
Davistown Road was closed between Erial Road and the Route 42 overpass for a time as a result of the fire.
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In addition to Blackwood firefighters, members of the Chews Landing Fire Department, Gloucester Township Police Department and Gloucester Township EMS Alliance also responded to the fire call.
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