Special Feature

Funeral Home Fire in Toms River

On August 8, 2022, Toms RiverFire Stations 25 and 26 were dispatched to a funeral home on Main Street fora fire alarm activation. Crews were re-dispatched and a RITfrom Station 28 was added once additional calls were coming in reporting smoke on the second floor. The crew of 2671 was first to arrive and located a smoke condition on the second floor, and the crew from 2865 laddered the roof. Upon furtherinvestigation the source was narrowed down to a refrigerant leak from work that was done earlierin the evening. Station 28’s crews responded in theirdress uniforms as they were attending a graduation ceremony at the fire academy at the time of dispatch. - Fire News photos by Mark Rosetti