Smoke odor and haze reported near residential area, Wallington NJ


Firefighters investigate smoke odor and haze near McCarton, Charles, Harris, and Malcolm streets in a residential area. The cause may be a wood-burning stove behind a building. No active fire reported but haze and odor persist.
Audio|Source: Wallington Fire Dept & Mutual Aid
02:11
Transcript:
00:00
Geez, we got an odor on a slight page in the area of McCarton, Charles, we're looking.
00:04
The apartment, uh,
00:05
it's gonna be, if you come up the opposite side on Harris and the rear parking lot behind pits, there's an apartment, normally that guy's burning something there.
00:12
I'm on my way up there now.
00:14
Go ahead. I've got some confirmed haze behind this building here where we were just looking and heavy o'er back here too.
00:23
The email party is refusing to sign the RMA, refusing to get checked out,
00:27
and the ambulance is later.
00:29
Don't let him near the car for now.
00:31
We have more of a haze south of 203. I can't see a numerical from around that, but we have more of a haze over here, I believe. This could be coming from Malcolm, to be honestly. I'm going to try to see if I done a backyard here to check. There's a haze across all the yards over here.
00:56
just south of 203 first residential that's setback. And I mean, looking up into every yard north, there's a haze and still an odor down here. President said there's a wood bone burning stove in the rear of what they believe is 118, Malcolm.
01:23
Yeah, it should be close.
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Wallington, NJ
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