Full Notification

WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT

20 Municipal Drive * P.O. Box 38

West Windsor, New Jersey 08550

ROBERT GAROFALO PhD(c), Chief of Police

(609) 799-1222

Records Fax (609) 799-6338 * Fax (609) 897-9010

DB Fax (609) 799-6515 * Dispatch Fax (609) 799-3516

NEWS INFORMATION

INCIDENT: 2024-20461 Special Investigation:  Structure Fire

DATE & TIME OCCURRED:  Saturday July 13, 2024 at 11:56 am

LOCATION OCCURRED:  Residence on Princeton-Highstown Road between Southfiled Road and Old Trenton Road

OFFICERS:  1)  Ptl. C. Siani #117--Initial Investigator WWPD
                     2)  Det. Sgt. J. Jones #75--WWPD
                     3)  Det. C. Crawford #108 --Lead Detective WWPD

OTHERS INVOLVED:  1)  WWPD Communications Center,
                                           Patrol Division, Administration,
                                           & Detective Bureau
                                      2)  West Windsor Division of Fire & Emergency Services Station #45/WW Fire Marshal J. Jamison
                                      3)  West Windsor Volunteer Fire Company Station #43
                                      4)  Princeton Junction Volunteer Fire
Company Station #44
                                      5)  Plainsboro Fire Company #49
                                      6)  Princeton EMS & Rescue #168
                                      7)  Princeton Fire Company Station #60
                                      8)  East Windsor Tower #42
                                     10) Hamilton Fire Department Engine #1
                                     11) Lawrence Rescue #22
                                     12) Cranbury EMS
                                     13) Hightstown Engine #1
                                     14) Robbinsville Squad #40
                                     15) Monroe Ladder #23
                                     16) Fire Police
                                     17) PSE&G
                                     18) WW Construction Office
                                     19) East Windsor Twp. Police Dept.

                                      
DETAILS:  On Saturday July 13, 2024 at 11:56 am, the WWPD's Communications Center received a call from a resident that smoke and flames were emanating from the second floor area of his home in the #300 block of  Princeton-Highstown Road.   Patrol Officers from WWPD, the WW Division of Fire & Emergency Services, Princeton Junction Volunteer Fire Company, West Windsor Volunteer Fire Company, Plainsboro Fire Company, Princeton Fire Company, Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad, Lawrence Rescue, East Windsor Tower, Hightstown Fire Company,  Monroe Fire Company, Robbinsville Fire, Cranbury EMS, and Hamilton Fire Department all responded to the scene.  The fire was extinguished in approximately (30) minutes.   
                     Det. Sgt. J. Jones, Det.Crawford, & Det. Buchanan had arrived on scene to continue the joint investigation with the WW Fire Marshal Jamison.  Preliminary fiindings were that the fire started on the second floor of the structure and is not considered suspicious at this time, pending further investigation. 
                     The residence sustained extensive damage.  The (3) residents were transported by Squad #40 to Penn Medicine at Princeton Medical Center for precautionary reasons and ultimately released.  One firefighter from the West Windsor Volunteer Fire Company sustained heat exhaustion and was transported by Cranbury EMS to Penn Medicine at Princeton Medical Center for treatment. 
                     Fire Police, WWPD, and East Windsor Township PD closed Princeton-Highstown Road between Southfield Road and Old Trenton Road for just under (3) hours. 
                        

OFFICER  PREPARING RELEASE: Det. Lt. Lee #59

DATE OF RELEASE: 7/13/2024