Greater than a half-dozen automobiles went up in flames alongside a single New Jersey block in a single day, obvious casualties of downed energy traces from Tuesday’s storms, fireplace officers stated Wednesday.
Video launched by the Hackensack Fireplace Division confirmed a dramatic scene in Hackensack, with a number of automobiles blazing at nighttime of evening. A fallen utility pole sat stretched throughout the street close by.
Officers say the decision initially got here in as energy traces and a pole on fireplace close to Prospect Avenue and Berry Avenue round 4:45 a.m. Firefighters needed to wait to place out the hearth due to {the electrical} hazard, and as they waited for that menace to clear, the hearth unfold to seven automobiles, officers stated.
As soon as PSE&G arrived to chop the facility, firefighters shortly put out the fires.
No accidents have been reported.
Authorities are wanting into what made the utility pole fall, however neighbors imagine it to be weather-related.
