November 15, 2024
TRENTON (Mercer) — A house and a vehicle were damaged by separate fires Thursday night (Nov. 14, 2024) that authorities said they were investigating as possible acts of arson. The first fire, which was reported shortly before 7:35 p.m., involved the home at 660 Stuyvesant Avenue. Luckily, firefighters from nearby Engine 8 quickly arrived on scene and – with help from Engines 9, 10, 1 and 3, Ladders 1 and 4, and Rescue 1 – were able to bring the blaze under control in about 20 minutes. Later, just before 9 p.m., firefighters responded to a vehicle fire behind a property on Federal Street. Both blazes were characterized as suspicious in nature by authorities and are under investigation by the fire department’s fire marshals unit and Trenton police arson detectives.
