'Suspicious' Fire Breaks out at Belleville Landmark
Firefighter hospitalized battling blaze at former cancer center Monday
A firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion Monday after he helped battle a blaze at the former Garden State Cancer Center in Belleville. Belleville firefighters responded after receiving a report from Belleville police of smoke coming from the massive stone complex located at the corner of Belleville and Franklin avenues. The two-alarm fire, which was confined to a single room on the third floor, was brought under control around 6 pm, about forty minutes after firefighters arrived, Battalion Chief Michael Monahan said. Firefighters working in shifts were seen climbing a ladder to a second-story roof and entering a window on the third floor of an adjacent eight-story building, the largest in the complex, where the fire broke out. Also …
Ruth
6:25 pm on Sunday, February 17, 2013
You're so right-on John! Belleville does not seem to have the foresight to invest in a better future for it's citizens! School #1 needs to be re-purposed for the benefit of the Town....another thing, why was the Dutch Reformed Church allowed to deteriorate? Why wasn't it listed as an historical tour site and it's graveyard maintained with honor. Volunteer's can't do it all! The town administrator… more ›