Fire – 300 Washington Street
Hoboken Fire at 3rd & Washington burns for onwards of four hours
11:00pm Update:
The fire is still going at 3rd and Washington, 90 minutes after HFD evacuated the building and the companies on scene battled the blaze from the exterior. Even neighboring buildings across the street were almost in jeopardy, and burning embers and debris blew across.
Here’s how the fire looked from near the W Hotel a short while ago.
Hoboken fire at 3rd & Washington not going out!
9:30pm Update:
Fire has now fully engulfed the top floor.
ALL Hoboken fire personnel have now been ordered to EVACUATE the building – this is out of control!
Video: Hoboken fire at 3rd & Washington reaches top floor
9:00pm Update:
The fire crept up to the top floor – and looks like it may make the roof. HFD is also reporting that it’s nearing the Washington Street side now, after primarily being on the 3rd Street side for the first two hours of the fire.
Video: Hoboken Fire at 3rd and Washington
8:15pm Update:
Thanks to Hoboken411 reader Eric for sending in this quick cell phone clip of the flames coming out of the windows on the 3rd Street side of the building. Crazy scene indeed!
Hoboken Fire Update – 300 Washington Street
8:00pm: See updates to the status of this fire in the comments section.
7:25pm:
Photo from the scene of the fire at 3rd & Washington:
Hoboken Working Fire at 300 Washington St.
7:10pm:
Hoboken Fire Department is on scene at 300 Washington Street – with reports of a working fire on the 2nd Floor.
Heavy smoke conditions are being reported at the moment, and HFD is conducting their initial search of the scene while apparatus is being set up.
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38 Responses to ** Fire – 300 Washington Street **
February 19th, 2012 |
@timber – they won’t know until the fire is extinguished and an investigation is completed. That’s standard protocol, unless witnesses saw someone actually starting the fire.
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February 19th, 2012 |
@mariuche – that’s what I thought – worst is when fires happen simultaneously in adjacent communities.
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February 19th, 2012 |
8:23pm – HFD Fire Chief mentioned that the fire was “under control” (i.e., they have it surrounded and don’t expect further spreading) and secondary searches of the upper floors are taking place at the moment.
The mutual aid from Newark help really helped the situation tremendously, allowing them to knock the fire down faster.
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February 19th, 2012 |
have a niece in that building. Is everyone OK?
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February 19th, 2012 |
@marg – I only heard of one report of fire inhalation (first responder). No reports of actual residential injuries. Sounded like everyone in building that was awake got out. Unsure if anyone was “stuck” inside or injured. We’ll find out more after the investigation. Hopefully everyone is A-OK.
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February 19th, 2012 |
i just talked to the owners of the vegetable store, they said that they were fine as well as their employees. They seemed a bit frazzled but fine, thank goodness
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February 19th, 2012 |
8:30pm – now reports again “high heat and heavy smoke” in apartment six – HFD said “get out!” Elizabeth FD will be assisting getting water in that apartment from the outside…
Jeez this fire is hard to knock down!
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February 19th, 2012 |
Copied from 7online.com
JERSEY CITY (WABC) — Firefighters battled a 5-alarm fire in Jersey City Sunday night. It burned through a laundromat on Fairmount and Monticello Avenues and spread to at least two other buildings.There are apartments above the laundromat. At least 6 families have been displaced by the fire. Fire departments from Bayonne and Kearney helped bring the fire under control.
One Jersey City firefighter suffered minor injuries. The cause is under investigation.
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February 19th, 2012 |
8:36pm – Another view of how the Hoboken Farms looks from street level as firefighters attack the blaze from above.
Also – one tenant on the 2nd floor said he had two cats. If you see kitties running around – please notify HPD.
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February 19th, 2012 |
Hope this isn’t a return to the “Hoboken condo conversions” of the past.
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February 19th, 2012 |
I live at 323 Bloomfield but I’m in PA, about to head back to ‘Boone when I got called about the fire. Can anyone comment on the smoke in the area and apartments? Should I just stay down here tonight?
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February 19th, 2012 |
Last reports is that the fire is under becoming controllable. I would think you’d be okay.
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February 19th, 2012 |
8:55pm – heavy smoke and small pockets of fire still being reported. 4th floor.
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February 19th, 2012 |
the smoke smell is still pretty bad in our place – but i think it’d due to our windows not being very new. there is still smoke in the area. it’s pretty annoying….
but up to you. we’re tolerating it…
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February 19th, 2012 |
9:05pm – Bayonne FD just arrived to help out.
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February 19th, 2012 |
@lunchment – this building was already condo. That would make no sense – even to an idiot that likes starting fires. See list of property owners below:
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February 19th, 2012 |
9:45pm – all HPD personnel evacuated – they’re fighting the fire from the exterior now. They had a partial collapse of the top floors. What a nightmare, happy everyone got out.. hope now it doesn’t spread anywhere else. Luckily the building next door is 3 stories shorter.
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February 19th, 2012 |
11:15pm: Note – comments are closed for this thread due to massive traffic spike which required me to lock it until further notice.
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