Short In Outside Power Line May Have Caused Blaze In Lacey Home

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ - An electrical short in the outside power lines of a Lanoka Harbor home may have been responsible for a fire that burned the siding and outside vegetation of a home in the 600 block of Sinclair Avenue, Police Chief Michael C. DiBella said.

Officer Jeffery Slota responded to the house at 2:25 p.m. on March 30 on a report of a fire.

Investigation at the scene revealed an electrical short in the outside power lines that could have caused the fire on the side of the residence, DiBella said.

Lacey Detectives Brian Flynn and Samuel Della Sala and Investigator Brian Mount from the Fire Marshal Service are investigating the incident. The Lanoka Harbor Fire Department responded.

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