‘Firefighters saved my home.’ Neighbors escaped as forest fire raged in N.J.
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
The siding on a home along Francis Road in Brick melted from the heat of Sunday s forest fire.Avalon Zoppo/NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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The tops of trees peeking out from behind his house were black.
Less than 24 hours earlier, Woktowicz said he was walking through the woods with neighbors to investigate smoke coming from the woods. ”When we were walking back there, all of the sudden the fire really started raging by the Parkway I guess and when we turned around, the sun got blocked out from all the smoke and the whole area turned an eerie yellow,” he said.
Wellesley police log
Staff report
The following are excerpts from the Wellesley Police log. All persons are presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.
Egg salad sandwich used as road rage weapon
On March 1 at 8:09 a.m., Officer Collins was dispatched to the area of Worcester Street near Cedar Street for a report of a road rage incident. Both vehicles involved were stopped at Wellesley Fire Headquarters. Officer Collins spoke with the operator of a Ford pickup truck who said the other driver in a Nissan Rogue was traveling slowly in the left-hand travel lane and when he moved into the right travel lane to pass the vehicle the driver made a profane gesture toward him so he threw a paper bag with an egg sandwich at the vehicle in retaliation. The driver of the Nissan Rogue said the Ford pickup truck was driving fast in the left travel lane and almost struck his vehicle. He said he moved to the right travel lane so that he was next to the other vehicle and thre
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