Greenhouse fire causes blasts, closes road near Hammonton

Sunday, March 23 2014 @ 05:01 pm EDT

Contributed by: CBrining

Winslow greenhouse fire

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.

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