6 displaced after fire in Hackettstown
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ (Warren County) – A fire in Hackettstown Monday afternoon left six people displaced, according to Hackettstown police.
The fire was reported on Jan. 23, at around 2:22 p.m., at 300 Main Street, which is a residential over commercial wood framed building, police said.
Officers arrived on scene and observed smoke coming from the roof and then began to evacuate the second floor, police said.
The fire was knocked down at around 2:41 p.m., police said.
The building was deemed uninhabitable and 6 people were displaced. No injuries were reported, police said.
The investigation conducted by the Hackettstown Detective Bureau, Mount Olive Township Fire Marshal and Warren County Fire Marshal ruled the cause of the fire as undetermined and not suspicious, police said.
Route 46 was closed between Warren Street and Center Street for more than an hour, police said.
Assisting the Hackettstown Police, Hackettstown Fire Department and the Hackettstown Rescue Squad were the the Tri County Fire Company, Mansfield Township Police Department, Hackettstown Office of Emergency Management, Hackettstown Department of Public Works, Hackettstown Construction Department, and the New Jersey Department of Transportation.