Greenhouse fire causes blasts, closes road near Hammonton
Posted: Sunday, March 23, 2014 10:00 am
WINSLOW TOWNSHIP — Crews are investigating a fire at a wholesale greenhouse Saturday night on Mays Landing Road that destroyed the building and briefly touched off a forest fire.
When firefighters arrived at County Line Greenhouse about 8:15 p.m., they found it fully involved, said fire investigator Michael Scardino.
"There were multiple explosions" and a second alarm, he said.
It drew at least seven fire companies to the scene. Winslow Township police closed off about a half mile of Mays Landing Road between Piney Hollow Road and the Hammonton border.
The building is on a rural road behind a home, which appeared unaffected. The commercial greenhouse appeared to be destroyed, and other buildings may have been damaged.
At the height of the fire, burning embers were falling at least a half-mile away.
