Fire Rescue News - Fire damages historic Mill Street Pub in Mays Landing; no injuries reported
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP - An historic pub in downtown Mays Landing was damaged by fire Tuesday afternoon, but no one was injured, a fire official said.
Firefighters were called to Ye Olde Mill Street Pub on Main Street at about 3:35 p.m. Tuesday and arrived to find.....Continue Reading
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smoke coming from the rain gutter at the front of the building, said Assistant Chief Ken Badger of the Mays Landing Fire Company. As they pulled open the gutter, fire and heavy smoke poured out.
"Crews had to get inside and pull the ceilings and open the wall from the front," Badger said.
The Laureldale and Cologne Fire Companies also responded to the scene. Main Street was closed from Route 50 to Hudson Street while firefighters battled the blaze.
After the flames were extinguished, firefighters pulled insulation and other materials from the roof and covered it with a white tarp.
The pub burned down once, sometime in the 1970s, and was replaced, Badger said.
The scene was cleared at about 5:45 p.m.
(The Elwood Fire Company Covered Laureldale Station 18-3)
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