Around 11:30 pm on Tuesday a fire broke out inside the Amazon Warehouse TEB6 located at 22 Hightstown-Cranbury Station Road. Firefighters arrived and found a heavy smoke condition pushing from the south-west side of the warehouse. Employees were outside and evacuated to the parking lot covered in space type blankets to keep warm. Firefighters put two lines in operation and the fire was reported “extinguished” at 12:27 am. Two or three aerial units laddered the building to open sky lights and any possible vents in the roof to remove smoke. There was extensive overhaul of the fire and units were still being called to the scene at 2:00 am.
The warehouse by Google Maps satellite measurement is approximately 560 feet wide by 1,765 feet for an estimated 988,400 square feet in size. Photos from prior events at the warehouse posted online show that the building has “rack storage” inside and storage like that is usually protect by ESFR sprinklers (Early Suppression Fast Response sprinklers). If a rack storage would catch fire the ESFR sprinkler system would activate sending thousands of gallons per minute onto the fire, the fire would be extinguished or held in check until firefighters could arrive to finish extinguishing the fire.
The partial list of fire departments dispatched and/or involved so far are and fire is quite possibly a 2 or 3 alarms in size equivalent: Cranbury Fire Company, Hightstown Fire Company, East Windsor # 1 and # 2, Robbinsville Township Fire Department, West Windsor Fire Company, Princeton Junction Fire Company, Plainsboro Fire Department, Monroe Township Fire Department, South Brunswick-Monmouth Junction and Kendall Park, Jamesburg Fire Company, North Brunswick and East Brunswick. More departments were still being added as of 2:18 am. for covers. Hamilton Township Fire Department was added at 2:39 am for a cover. (This list included fire departments dispatched that may not have made it to the scene for man power or were diverted to cover other firehouses in the area)
Two ambulances stood by during the firefight but there were not known reports of injuries to firefighters or workers at the facility.
Jenna Hilzenrath, Amazon Spokesperson said in a statement ““We can confirm that there was a fire at our fulfillment center in Cranbury, New Jersey last night. There’s nothing more important than the health and safety of our employees and we’re grateful that all our employees are safe and accounted for. We thank our local fire department for their quick response.”
Amazon also said that employees waited at a designated evacuation point before being sent home with pay. We’ll continue to work with the local Fire Department to ensure that the building is safe before reopening later today.
Credit: MidJersey.news
Bernadette Allen ??
AnnMarie Grennen Goglia doesn’t she work at UPS
Alice Nicita ????????♀️
Yes, at UPS for a little over 2 years now ????
Noooooooo……I just placed an order today!!!
Thats your main concern? ????????♂️
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Angry Trumpers at it again! ????
Freddy Pantso blm and antifa
Rj Clifton
Teddy Rodriguez
No packages for anybody…
Sara Rinker hope you didn’t order anything
Prayers for all emergency personnel. Prayers for the workers.
Rich Schmidtberg isn’t this the new building they just put up by your job
Amy Nassar
Thomas Merry
Erica Layton
Tara Stone yeah that’s not my building but its not good at all! Means OT is coming my way ????
Thank you to all emergency personnel.
Todd Bunn Sr
Fatima Guadalupe a sign for you not to order
Yulissa Guadalupe shitttr
Vanessa Williams??
Heather Schulze omg not his building thankfully
Liz Marie is this where your son works ????????????????
Michele Dispoto
Noooooo.. there goes my stuff
Wesley Wyckoff???
Sara-Marie Lynch not my building fortunately!
Wesley Wyckoff good!!! Sorry that you still have work tomorrow lol
Unfortunately but it’s my Friday tomorrow so just gotta get through it lol Thank you for checking up!
Heather Monzo Kelly Ann
Marissa no it’s not the one across from me, but still damn close. This is an old satellite image before anything was built, but the red circle is where I’m usually at
Rich Schmidtberg o ok. I thought it was that new huge warehouse
i definitely would’ve noticed today since I pass by the parking lot after crossing over the turnpike, but still. Wow
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Chris Maine
Amanda Reanne Vickers
Cheryl Lynn Pezzuti I saw this morning. Crazy.
Meagan Marie Pitta
This is the third time gang some sort of fire broke out there
Mikey Hakanson that building needs a thorough inspection if this is the third fire. Something is malfunctioning
Mikey Hakanson is this the one that just opened a few months ago?
This is my job, thank God nobody was hurt
The America no one wants”, oh no my stuff”
The America everyone wants
“I hope everyone got out safely”
Figure out which one’s a group of selfish shits and which isn’t.
Hopefully everyone was ok!!
Rob Chelston this your place?
Thats the one right down the road.
Eric Esposito – is this your place?
Caryn Esposito oh my god! Thankfully not but hope everyone is safe in that warehouse
Eric Esposito I think I read there were no injuries thankfully!
Thank god! ????????
Packages are gonna be delayed. Hope everyone is alright.
Didnt this just happen at another Amazon facility?
Hope no one was there or injured
Oh no there goes my order lol. All joking aside no hope everyone is safe including our first responders. God bless.
I hope all persons are ok but could careless about Amazon since they are now a political company they won’t get my business
Joey Rodgers Amazon is political?
Joey Rodgers
Yes Amazon is a big tech company as is Walmart target and those big box stores that were left untouched by the pandemic do some research
Jennifer
Glad no one was hurt. Hopefully the emergency workers stay safe!
Larry Fendrick
Kelly Ann Martyn you okay?
Denyel Fornicola
I got my package last night so I’m happy
Prayers for the employees. I heard everyone got out and that’s great. Hope it’s not to sever and everyone can go back to work.
Thank you emergency personnel.