Firefighters Extinguish Blaze At South Brunswick Commercial Building

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — A fire ripped through a commercial building that housed flammable liquids in South Brunswick early on Friday morning, officials said.

Around 5:30 a.m., the Monmouth Junction Fire Department was dispatched to a commercial building on Docks Corner Road for a reported fire alarm activation for sprinkler water flow and manual pull station.

While en route, an update was received from the site reporting a fire involving flammable liquids inside the building.

Chiefs Scott Smith and Sean Wert arrived and reported a heavy smoke condition inside the building, and the first alarm was dispatched.

Firefighters arrived first and the crew stretched a hose line into the building. Minutes later additional firefighters arrived and established a water supply from a nearby hydrant, authorities said.

Crews located the fire area and were successful in extinguishing the fire by the sprinkler system.

No injuries were reported.

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