A Lithium-Ion battery from an electric bicycle caused a fire at an apartment building in Bridgewater on Tuesday morning, police said.
On March 26 at around 7:39 a.m., the Bridgewater Police Department along with the Finderne, Somerville, Manville, East Franklin, and Hillsborough fire departments and Robert Wood Johnson Rescue Squad / Paramedics, went to Schindler Terrace for a report of an active structure fire.
Officers were able to evacuate the residents and a cat from inside, said Bridgewater Police Lt. Frederick J. Brittain III.
RWJ Rescue Squad treated two people from the building on the scene and took them to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital (Somerset) for evaluation.
East Main Street was closed between Finderne Avenue and Adamsville Road for responding emergency personnel.
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Amid growing concern over pedestrian fatalities, five towns in Bergen County have received $1.8 million in federal grants to make their streets, crosswalks, and railroad crossings safer.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-5th Dist., visited Travell Elementary School in Ridgewood on Tuesday to deliver federal aid to Ridgewood, Hackensack, Englewood, Closter and Midland Park for infrastructure projects meant to address an alarming rise in pedestrian deaths.
Gottheimer cited a recent a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that revealed 30% of the 212 people killed in road accidents in New Jersey in 2021 were pedestrians. That percentage was nearly double the national average of 17%, he said.
“We have a five alarm pedestrian fire in Jersey – and we all need to join efforts to design safer streets and claw back even more federal investments for Jersey towns,” Gottheimer said.
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