Chemical odor reported in Pennington residence, Pennington NJ

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/26/2025 11:28 PM

Near Flower Hill Dr, Pennington, NJ 08534

Responders were dispatched to a residence near Flower Hill Dr in Pennington to investigate a report of a chemical odor coming from the vent in the primary bedroom. Authorities arrived and began assessing the situation.

Audio|Source: Hightstown Fire, East Windsor Police and Fire

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Transcript:

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Engine 51 on your second request, 1230, Hopewell Township, near Flower Hill Dr for the investigation, operate North Response 1.

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Engine 51 on your second request, 1230, Hopewell Township, near Flower Hill Dr, investigation,

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operate North Response 1.

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Central from Chief 51, you can have squad 30, stand quarters, rescues on the road, out of life. Okay.

00:33

Central Capital One-Sand, patient alert and oriented.

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Okay, patients alert and oriented.

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Station 30, you can take the recall. Station 30, you can take the recall.

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Chief 51, Rescue 51,

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near Flower Hill Dr.

00:55

Call reporting a chemical smell coming from the vent in the primary bedroom.

00:59

All right, Chief, Chief, Chief, thank you.

01:09

From Chief 51, do you know if PD is confirming there's an odor?

01:15

I haven't received any other updates yet.

01:19

I can give them a call, don't ask.

01:22

Yeah, if you could, please thank you.

01:28

Okay?

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1102.

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Cancel ALF and we'll be transporting capital Hopewell.

01:39

112 to Hopeball 92 cancel.

01:49

Okay.

01:54

Okay. Okay.

01:55

Okay.

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Is ahead.

02:00

Okay.

02:03

I would say thank you.

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Thank you.

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Engine too available.

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Very safe, very valuable.

02:28

Central Chief 51 is on location.

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We have a one-story wood frame residential.

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I'll be out investigating.

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Receive one-story,

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four-frame, residential you're investigating.

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Rescue 51 on location.

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