A house on Princeton-Hightstown Road suffered extensive damage in a fire that broke out on the second floor shortly before noon on July 13, according to the West Windsor Police Department.
One of the residents called the West Windsor Police Department’s Communications Center at 11:56 a.m. to report smoke and flames were coming from the second floor of his home on Princeton-Hightstown Road.
Firefighters from West Windsor Township and surrounding communities responded and extinguished the flames within 30 minutes, police said.
Preliminary findings showed that the fire started on the second floor. It is not considered suspicious at this time, pending further investigation, police said.
Three residents were taken to the Penn Medicine at Princeton Medical Center for precautionary reasons and later released. A firefighter from the West Windsor Volunteer Fire Co. was also taken to the hospital for treatment of heat exhaustion.
Princeton-Hightstown Road was closed for about three hours, between Southfield Road and Old Trenton Road, while firefighters fought the fire and an investigation into its cause was launched, police said.
In addition to the West Windsor Volunteer Fire Co. and the Princeton Junction Volunteer Fire Co., firefighters from East Windsor, Hamilton, Lawrence, Plainsboro, Robbinsville and Monroe townships responded to the fire. The West Windsor Division of Fire and Emergency Services responded.
The Princeton Fire Department and Hightstown Engine Co. No. 1 also sent firefighters to help.
Emergency medical technicians from Cranbury and Princeton also responded.
