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Two homeless men injured in fire on County Line Road in Jackson
At 6:38 p.m.Saturday January 21, Jackson fire departments were called to a fire in which two homeless men were burned in a propane explosion inside an old trailer camper located in the rear of 95 North County Line Road. The flash fire caused third degree burns to the right arm and possible airway burn to [...]
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NJ Forest Fire Service Performs Prescribed Burn in Jackson
By Phil Stilton If you smelled smoke around town today, or noticed smoke along sections of East Veterans Highway, it’s because the New Jersey Forest Fire Service performed their annual maintenance and prescribed burn at the New Jersey Forest Education Resource Center. The NJ Forest Fire Service performs these burns yearly in order to [...]
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Jackson Firefighters battle blaze at home on Pineoka Road
A large, newly constructed two-story home located at 45 Pineoka Road in Jackson was damaged by a fast moving fire late Tuesday night, December 20, 2011. The fire — originating in the area of the home’s fireplace and chimney — had already extended from inside the walls on the first floor into the second floor [...]
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Santa makes dramatic arrival in Jackson Township via helicopter
A New Jersey State Police helicopter today delivered the jolly fat man to Jackson Township, and we’re not talking about another incident involving an overzealous AOL Patch reporter looking to embarrass New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie. Santa Claus himself was transported via helicopter to a handful of children eagerly awaiting his arrival at the [...]
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Jackson firefighters battle blaze on Bowman Road
At 8:07 am on December 13th 2011 Jackson Police Officers Theodore Kucowski and Steve Scaglione responded to 879 Bowman Road for a structural fire. Upon arrival, officers found a detached garage, located in the rear portion of the property fully engulfed in flames. The homeowner indicated the electrical service had been turned off recently and [...]
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Some Jackson residents received “civil alert” in error
A number of Jackson residents received an automated “civil alert” text message shortly before 1:25 this afternoon. The alert came with little more information than that a civil alert had been initiated and that residents should take shelter, according to the New Jersey State Police Homeland Security Office. A spokesperson for the New Jersey State [...]