TOMS RIVER – No, it wasn’t a burning turkey or other cooking mishap that caused a blaze in a Toms River apartment building but careless smoking from one of the residents.

The blaze broke out in the early morning hours of Thursday, November 22 in a 4th floor apartment of the Highland Plaza apartment building at 91 Highland Parkway. According to the Toms River Bureau of Fire Prevention, a fire sprinkler head outside the apartment where the blaze started prevented the fire from spreading further.

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