Firefighters rushed to a pre-dawn blaze, a fire at a vacant house was extinguished and nobody was injured. Overall, the response by Pennsauken crews could be considered a success.
There’s just one thing: Did they have to break two windows on an illegally-parked car to douse the fire?
“This person made the conscious decision to park in front of the fire hydrant. Windows can be replaced; people cannot,” Pennsauken fire Chief Jospeh Palumbo said.
Firefighters rushed to a pre-dawn blaze, a fire at a vacant house was extinguished and nobody was injured. Overall, the response by Pennsauken crews could be considered a success.
There’s just one thing: Did they have to break two windows on an illegally-parked car to douse the fire?
“This person made the conscious decision to park in front of the fire hydrant. Windows can be replaced; people cannot,” Pennsauken fire Chief Jospeh Palumbo said.
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Jennifer Hoisington says
life before cars
Mark Greiner says
Fire department showed restraint in only breaking 2 windows, minimal destruction to accomplish their duties.
Rick says
Plugs are for additional water and dogs
Cut the roof off next time.
John Walker says
Pity the hose didn’t leak where it passed through the car
jim says
should have put a coupling in car and made sure it was leaking