Photo credit: Boyd A. Loving
Fire In Underground Electrical Vault Cripples Traffic In Downtown Ridgewood
June 7,20120
by Boyd A. Loving
7:59 PM
Ridgewood NJ , Shortly after 6:00 PM on Thursday evening, the Ridgewood Fire Department received several 911 telephone calls reporting heaving smoke emanating from sidewalk grates near 194 East Ridgewood Avenue. Responding fire personnel, directed by Ridgewood FD Captain Paul Monton, determined the fire was coming from an underground electrical vault owned by Public Service Electric and Gas.
Businesses located near the fire source were evacuated and Public Service personnel were called to make the area safe for firefighters to extinguish the blaze. East Ridgewood Avenue was closed to all vehicular traffic between Maple Avenue and Walnut Street for several hours. Ridgewood FD personnel were assisted by members of the HoHoKus Fire Department. Also responding were Ridgewood PD, Ridgewood EMS, and Ridgewood Emergency Services personnel.
Photo credit: Boyd A. Loving