Eight New Jersey Firefighters Sickened During Mobile Home Fire

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Authorities say eight firefighters who responded to a mobile home fire in South Brunswick were sent to the hospital after being sickened by fumes.


Fire scene where eight firefighters were stricken.
(Davy James/SouthBrunswickPatch.com photo)

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Kendall Park Fire Chief Chris Perez said they were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick as a precaution after complaining of dizziness and nausea.

The fire was reported at about 4 p.m. Tuesday. It was confined to a bathroom in the mobile home and was extinguished within five minutes.

The cause is under investigation.

The Middlesex County hazardous materials team searched the property. Perez told The Star-Ledger of Newark that they found some bug spray and other chemicals that could have caused the fumes.

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Mike

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