TOMS RIVER Firefighters are battling a house fire amid icy temperatures Tuesday morning, authorities said.
The
fire broke out in a bedroom of a Park Street home at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday
and quickly spread throughout the home, according to a statement from
Toms River Police Department Officer Ralph Stucco.
Fire units from
Toms River fire companies #1 and #2 responded, as well as from Pleasant
Plains, East Dover, Silverton and Island Heights units. The area is
closed off by authorities.
Firefighters are dealing with light
snowfall and freezing temperatures below 20 degrees, which are causing
icing conditions in the area as water flow off the incident gathers on
the roadway. Authorities are working with the Toms River Public Works
Department to sand and salt the area prior to reopening the surrounding
roadways.
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