January 2, 2025
EWING TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)—Police say that on January 2, 2025, at approximately 3;00 p.m. Ewing Police Dispatch received multiple 9-1-1 calls regarding a fire at 860 Lower Ferry Road, Cambridge Hall, a multi-unit apartment complex. Callers reported heavy smoke and flames coming from the front of the building. Ewing Township Fire Departments were dispatched and all available Ewing Police Officers responded to the scene.
The first arriving officers learned of a possible entrapped juvenile victim on the fourth floor. Officers began evacuating the building and attempted to reach the main apartment on the fourth floor where the fire originated, encountering heavy smoke and flames. All three Ewing Fire Departments, Stations 30, 31 and 33 arrived and were able to reach the fourth-floor apartment and rescue an unresponsive six-year-old child. The child was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries.
Addition Fire Departments from Hopewell, Trenton, Pennington and Lawrence assisted in the search and rescue efforts while extinguishing the fire. Ewing, Trenton, Lawrence and Hopewell EMS as well as Capital Health Medics tended to and transported victims to area hospitals. A total of 13 police officers, 1 firefighter and 3 residents were transported to hospitals for injuries ranging from minor bums to smoke inhalation and exhaustion. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Ewing Township Police Department and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.
The fire is not thought to be suspicious at this time. Anyone with additional information to provide is asked to contact Ewing Police Detective David Hartmann at (609) 882-1313 ext. 7544
As of 4:14 p.m., Ewing Fire Director Marc Strauss reports that a fire at 865 Lower Ferry Road is under control. Multiple individuals were treated by EMS and transported to area hospitals. The cause of the fire is under investigations by Ewing Fire, Ewing Police and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.
January 2, 2025
TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Trenton firefighters responded to 268 Cortland Street yesterday January 1, 2025 around 3:00 p.m. for a fire in a row home. Not much is known about the fire but a second alarm was called before being brought under control. Additional information will be posted when available.
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