Crime & Safety

House Fire Sparks, Residents Evacuated In Somerville

Fire departments from Somerville, Raritan, Bound Brook, Finderne, and Manville all came to help.

SOMERVILLE, NJ — A house fire was quickly extinguished due to fast-acting volunteer firefighters in Somerville on Friday.

At around 12:45 p.m., Somerville Fire and Raritan Fire were called to a reported house on fire on Adams Street in Somerville.

Firefighters arrived to find a single-family private home with fire conditions on the roof and smoke from the side of the building.

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Officers evacuated residents from the home, said Somerville Police Captain Anthony Brattole.

A Somerville Police Officer reported there was a fire under a solar panel on the roof.

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The fire was quickly extinguished and contained.

There are no reported injuries, said Brattole.

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