3-Alarm Fire Breaks Out In Barn In Matawan

OLD BRIDGE, NJ — Matawan firefighters just extinguished a barn fire on the 60 block of John Partridge Road Monday afternoon. That is a woodsy area, and technically in Old Bridge Township.

The fire broke out in a barn, where no animals were being kept, said Matawan Fire Chief Tim Clifton. The fire started in an old barn, which was empty, near a farmhouse.

The fire did rise to three alarms, but that is because the Matawan Fire Dept. is light on manpower on Mondays, he said.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known.