July 13, 2024
WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–West Windsor Police reported that on Saturday July 13, 2024 at 11:56 am, the WWPD’s Communications Center received a call from a resident that smoke and flames were emanating from the second-floor area of his home in the 300 block of Princeton-Hightstown Road. Patrol Officers from West Windsor Police Department, the West Windsor Division of Fire & Emergency Services, Princeton Junction Volunteer Fire Company, West Windsor Volunteer Fire Company, Plainsboro Fire Company, Princeton Fire Company, Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad, Lawrence Rescue, East Windsor Tower, Hightstown Fire Company, Monroe Fire Company, Robbinsville Fire Department and EMS, Cranbury EMS, and Hamilton Fire Department all responded to the scene. The fire was extinguished in approximately (30) minutes. Det. Sgt. J. Jones, Det. Crawford, & Det. Buchanan had arrived on scene to continue the joint investigation with the West Windsor Fire Marshal Jamison. Preliminary findings were that the fire started on the second floor of the structure and is not considered suspicious at this time, pending further investigation. The residence sustained extensive damage. Three residents were transported by Ambulance 40 to Penn Medicine at Princeton Medical Center for precautionary reasons and ultimately released. One firefighter from the West Windsor Volunteer Fire Company sustained heat exhaustion and was transported by Cranbury EMS to Penn Medicine at Princeton Medical Center for treatment.
Fire Police, West Windor Police Department, and East Windsor Township Police Department closed Princeton-Hightstown Road between Southfield Road and Old Trenton Road for just under (3) hours.