HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: One dead in house fire on Coleman Lane in Titusville
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — One person died in a fire at a house on Coleman Lane in Titusville on Friday night, township police reported.
Police officers William Gaskell, Vincent Amiable and James Klesney responded to the residence following a 10:13 p.m. report from an alarm monitoring service. Police said they found fire and heavy smoke throughout the house. They tried to enter the house by forcing open a first level door after using two fire suppression devices but the heavy smoke conditions kept them from going inside.
When firefighters arrived they entered the house and found a victim on the first floor. The victim was removed by firefighters but was deceased, police said. The identity of the victim has been withheld by police pending the notification of next of kin.
The house suffered fire damage, as well as heat, smoke and water damage throughout. It was left uninhabitable, police said.
The Union Fire Company, under the command of Deputy Chief Eric Burd, along with the Pennington Fire Company, the Hopewell Fire Department, and multiple fire companies from New Jersey and Pennsylvania extinguished the fire. Tankers from Bucks County, Somerset County, Middlesex County and Hunterdon County also assisted.
The fire remains under investigation by the Hopewell Township Police Department, Hopewell Valley Emergency Services, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Mercer County Fire Marshal’s Office.
Coleman Lane and Route 29 were closed during this fire-fighting operation.
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Michael Mancuso | For NJ.com
on September 03, 2016 at 1:36 AM, updated September 03, 2016 at 7:15 AM
TITUSVILLE, NJ — Authorities are investigating a two-alarm fire at a residence at 46 Coleman Lane that claimed a life late Friday night, officials said.
Hopewell Police set up police lines marking the area as a crime scene.
Companies from surrounding areas helped fight the blaze.
In order to reach the scene, firelighters ran lines for over 1000 ft. up the length of Coleman Lane from Rt. 29 where members of the Hopewell Fire Company were filling portable pools to supply water.