Fire destroys Clinton Township municipal garage
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Updated: 6:53 PM EST Feb 21, 2021
Fire destroys Clinton Township municipal garage
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Updated: 6:53 PM EST Feb 21, 2021
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THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER DESCRIBES THIS DAMAGE THAT YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME AND THIS LOSS BUT HE SAID THANKS TO HELP FROM NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES THEIR PUBLIC WORKS CREWS WILL NOT MISS A BEAT. HARD TO BELIEVE HARD FOR ALL OF US TO YOU THAT’S THE REACTION CLINTON TOWNSHIP MANAGER. TOM HARTWIG HAS SEEING HIS MAIN PUBLIC WORKS GARAGE DESTROYED BY FIRE A WITNESS SHARING THIS VIDEO WITH US SHOWING THE FIRE RIGHT AFTER IT BROKE OUT. FORTUNATELY THE GOOD LORD BLESSED US. ALL THERE WAS NO WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. NO LOSS OF LIFE AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE THAN WHAT IT WAS WITH OTHER FACILITIES AND BUILDINGS ON SITE WHAT THEY DID LOSE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT INCLUDING BRAND NEW 2020 DUMP TRUCK THAT WAS JUST DELIVERED LAST MONTH ANOTHER DUMP TRUCK PLOW TRUCK AND BACKHOE DESTROYED OTHER HEAVY MACHINERY SUSTAINED HEAVY SMOKE DAMAGE. WE HAD HEAVY FIRE COMING THROUGH THE ROOF ON THE RIGHT SIDE AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT WHERE THOSE TRUCKS WERE PARKED FIRE OFFICIALS SAY IT’S STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE HOW THE FIRE STARTED BUT HARTWIG SAYS IT APPEARS IT STARTED IN ONE OF THESE TRUCKS BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE MOST OF THE DAMAGES THE FIRE MARSHAL WILL START. INVESTIGATION TOMORROW MORNING IN THE MEANTIME HARTWIG SAID MIDDLESEX WINFIELD AND CRANBERRY TOWNSHIPS ARE OFFERING TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT TO HELP CLINTON TOWNSHIP GET THROUGH THE REST OF THE WINTER WHILE THEY REGROUP AND REBUILD. IT’S WHAT MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IS ALL ABOUT ONE GOVERNMENT HELPING ANOTHER GOVERNMENT IN THE TIME OF NEEDS. THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO SAVE SOME TRACTORS THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER SAYS THEIR SALT SUPPLIES WERE NOT IMPACTED REPORTING LIVE