Crime & Safety
Hazlet Fire Brought Under Control By Quick-Thinking Neighbors
Firefighters arrived on the scene to find Cresci Boulevard residents using garden hoses to put out a fire that could have spread to nearby homes.
Residents of Cresci Boulevard in Hazlet banded together Monday to control a brush fire burning in a patch of trees and other plants between two homes.
The Hazlet Township Fire Department was called to the scene slightly before 5 p.m. but the flames had been mostly put out, according to Hazlet District 1 Chief Rob Cullen.
"Concerned neighbors were able to bring all of their hoses out and the neighborhood pretty much put out the fire," Cullen said.
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The heat from the flames melted a portion of paneling on the home, located at 91 Cresci Boulevard, however no fire damage was sustained.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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