“Explosion of unknown origin” rocks NJ trucking firm
Police responded to an unexplained explosion at a trucking firm on Thursday morning after receiving a number of calls reporting the incident.
The explosion occurred simply earlier than 8 a.m. close to the Rts. 130/44 hall within the Bridgeport part of Logan Township, New Jersey.
In accordance with Gloucester County Emergency Administration, the 911 heart acquired a number of calls reporting an explosion, so the Logan Twp Fireplace Division was dispatched to a trucking facility on Cedar Swamp Street, the place the explosion was believed to have originated.
Crews responded to the scene and fought a number of small fires at and across the trucking firm and obtained the incident below management in about an hour. One trucking firm worker reportedly suffered a minor burn damage however denied medical remedy.
“An explosion, of an unknown origin, rocked a portion of Logan Twp. this morning,” wrote Gloucester County Emergency Administration in a submit concerning the incident.
As first responders have been leaving the scene, a tractor trailer was reported to be on hearth in a close-by WaWa parking zone, and the hearth division responded to the scene to discover a tractor trailer on hearth. Crews extinguished the hearth with no incident.
The “explosion, of an unknown origin,” continues to be below an energetic investigation and has not been defined. No additional info has been launched.
