| Approximately 100 people were left homeless and 10 injured Sunday evening after a raging fire destroyed 32 units of an apartment building at the Harbortown Terrace Apartment Complex in Perth Amboy. The blaze, reported at about 6:30 pm is believed to have started in an outside couryard between two H-shaped buildings spreading through a breezway to ignite a vehicle. The fire quickly spread from the outside through the structure, reaching 4 alarms and necessitating the response of over 75 firefighters from Perth Amboy, all of Woodbridge Township as well as Carteret, South Amboy, Sayreville, East Brunswick, North Brunswick, Monroe, Plainsboro, and South Plainfield. The fire burned for over 5 hours and crews were still on the scene some 12 hours later. The building is slated for demoliton today.
Woodbridge Fire Department responded with Engine 1-9 and a crew of 5 firefighters. An additional 5 firefighters were rotated in during the incident. Reserve Engine 1-1, on loan to the Perth Amboy Fire Department also responded. |
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