ROAD CLOSED: Avoid Hooper Ave/College Drive in Toms River
January 8, 2024State of Emergency Issued for New Jersey
January 9, 2024
133 Ocean Ave, Lakewood, NJ
Third Alarm Commercial Structure Fire
Around 4:08 PM Lakewood Police received a phone call for a working structure fire at 133 Ocean Ave, called in by an off-duty LPD Officer.
The BOX was quickly upgraded to a WSF due to the amount of calls and the off-duty officer confirming a working fire. First due L-5 & E-5 sized it up as a working structure fire in the old wood yard off Ocean Ave.
C-1 quickly arrived on the scene and took command. E-5 started to stretch a 2.5 to get water on the fire, intense fire conditions and smoke were showing from the large vacant building.
C-1 quickly upgraded it to the second alarm at this point to bring in mutual aid for the township. C-1 called for defensive fire ops due to the fire load inside the building.
E-5 charged the 2.5 and got water on the fire in minutes while heavy fire and smoke conditions were still showing.
C-1 requested two more ladder trucks to the scene Howell 19-3-90 & Lakewood Tower 1. Howell's crew from 19-3 was to make entry from the rear of the property and set up master stream ops while L-5 sticks were being set up in the front of the structure.
At some point two civilians were located in the rear of the structure who were inside the building at the time of the fire, they were quickly transported to EMS.
It was also reported that 5 people were inside on the second floor.
