Amazon warehouse in NJ temporarily shuts after fire
Orders have been redirected to other sites so customers will not be impacted, according to the company.
The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating a cause of the fire.
MidJersey.news was first to report on the fire.
Man, 21, killed in Woodbridge fire was found in basement after family escaped
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
A 21-year-old man was found dead in the basement of a home on South Inman Ave. in Avenel, N.J. following a fire on Jan. 20, 2021.Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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The 21-year-old man killed in a Woodbridge house fire Wednesday morning was found dead in the basement of the home after firefighters and police rescued multiple other family members, authorities said.
Avenel firefighters and Woodbridge police got family out of the single-family house on South Inman Avenue after the fire broke shortly after 9 a.m, a township spokesman said.
Officials investigate fire at Amazon warehouse in Cranbury
Officials investigate fire at Amazon warehouse in Cranbury
CRANBURY – Authorities are investigating a warehouse fire at an Amazon facility in Cranbury.
Officers of the Cranbury Police Department, along with members of several fire departments and first aid crews, responded to an Amazon warehouse on Hightstown-Cranbury Station Road following a report of smoke in the building.
The fire was located and extinguished after 11:27 a.m. Jan. 19.
No one was reported injured, according to information provided by Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Michael J. Owens of the Cranbury Police Department on Jan. 20.
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More than 100 Amazon workers were evacuated in a warehouse fire Tuesday night, authorities said.
Several fire departments and first aid crews responded to the blaze at the Hightstown-Cranbury Station Road location on reports of smoke in the building around 11:30 p.m. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said.
The fire was located and extinguished, Ciccone said alongside Chief Michael J. Owens of the Cranbury Police Department.
No injuries were reported and 1 million-square-foot building apparently reopened Wednesday, Amazon spokesperson Jenna Hilzenrath, told NJ.com.
“There’s nothing more important than the health and safety of our employees and we’re grateful that all our employees are safe and accounted for, she said. We thank our local fire department for their quick response.