• Date/Time:
  Friday, August 7, 2009, 9:45 pm
• Address:
  5 Pennsylvania Ave
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  Burlington, NJ
• Submitter:
  Thomas Fischer

Stations 391 & 399 along with Quint 361 were dispatched to 5 Pennsylvania Ave. for a reported dwelling fire. Chief 3901 O/L reporting a fire on the electric meter on the exterior of the dwelling. PSE&G put on a priority. E3912 O/L stretching a 1 3/4" handline. About 10 minutes in (9:55 PM) CP39 advising Central the fire was knocked down. Soon thereafter interior crews had encountered fire on the first floor as CP39 placed the "all companies in service". RIT 131 was dispatched to the scene. Within minutes CP39 requested the 2nd Alarm to the scene, for manpower resources as other apparatus did not respond. The 2nd alarm brought resources from Mount Laurel, Moorestown, Mount Holly, Eastampton, & Westampton to the scene. 1 patient at this time was treated for smoke inhalation. Fire is still going on at this time (10:19 PM), as the power to the dwelling has just been secure by PSE&G. At 10:40 PM, CP 39 reports to Central the bulk of the fire to be knocked down as crews were in the process of opening up the walls and checking for extension as well as ventilating the dwelling. The fire was placed under control at 11:00 PM. At 11:05 PM, Rescue 4399 (Tabernacle) responded to the scene to set up a rehab area. Some units began clearing the scene around 12:00 AM...