11:40 AM  03/18/2009 - NJ| MERCER| EWING| *LARGE BRUSH FIRE*| 1519 CAULHOUN ST| EWING EMS 139 ADVISING LARGE MULCH FIRE AT THE ABOVE LOCATION, ENG 32 IS REQUESTING A MUTUAL AID ENGINE TO ASSIST WITH WATER SUPPLY.| (C) BNN | NJN609/NJC014

 

11:59 AM 03/18/2009 - U/D NJ| MERCER| EWING| *LARGE BRUSH FIRE*| 1519 CAULHOUN ST| CMD HAS REQUESTED A TOTAL OF 4 EXTRA ENGINES TO THE SCENE FOR A LARGE BRUSH FIRE,  MUTUAL AID COMING IN FOR WORK AND COVERS.  LAWRENCE, AND HOPEWELL EACH SENDING UNITS.  OPS ARE ON FIRE 2| (C) BNN | NJN609/NJC014/NJC715

 

1:05 PM 03/18/2009 - U/D NJ| MERCER| EWING| *LARGE BRUSH FIRE*| 1519 CAULHOUN ST| CMD IS REPORTING THAT HE IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS THEY HAVE A MASTER STREAM IN OP.  BULK OF THE FIRE IS K/D BUT THERE ARE STILL POCKETS OF FIRE.  EXTENSIVE MUTUAL AID UNITS OPERATING TO ASSIST WITH WATER SUPPLY PROBLEMS.| (C) BNN | NJN609/NJC014/NJC715

 

1:42 PM 03/18/2009 - U/D NJ| MERCER| EWING| *LARGE BRUSH FIRE*| 1519 CAULHOUN ST| CMD HAS PLACED THE FIRE U/C.  UNITS BEING RELEASED| (C) BNN | NJN609/NJC444/NJC014/NJC715

 

NJ.com

 

Mulch fire causes stir in Ewing

by Alex Zdan/The Times http://www.nj.com

Wednesday March 18, 2009, 2:47 PM

 

            EWING -- A fire inside a large pile of mulch that began Wednesday morning brought out several area fire companies to douse the smoking mass with water from ground and aerial hoses.

            The blaze, which began around 11:30 a.m., was in the pile at Mercer Wrecking and Recycling Corp., located on Calhoun Street just across the border from Trenton. A worker at the scene said the mulch had been sitting in its current position six months.

            Firefighters from Ewing, Lawrence, and Hopewell were on scene battling the fire, of which no flames were visible but a large column of white smoke easily seen from the Pennington Avenue intersection on up Calhoun.