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BumRushDaShow

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6. This facility was in New Jersey (back in 2013)
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:01 PM
Oct 6

and it was a 6-alarm fire initially - 6-alarm fire rips through Dietz & Watson warehouse in Burlington County

From the article -

The fire broke out at the Dietz & Watson factory on Cooperstown Road in Delanco around 2 p.m. Thick, black smoke could be seen billowing from the roof of the facility for miles away.

Officials say the fire is currently contained between the trusses and the solar panels on the roof. There have been two explosions so far and at least one wall has come down.

“It’s just an intense fire,” said Delanco Fire Chief Ron Holt. “It’s going to take some time and we don’t know what it’s going to do. The problem we have with this fire is the whole roof has solar panels on it, so we can’t get on the roof to fight it.”

In 2010, the company installed more than 7,000 solar power modules, which officials claimed would reduce the facility’s energy use by nearly 20 percent. Buildings with solar power systems “can present a variety of significant hazards” for firefighters including electrocution, according to the National Fire Protection Association.

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It eventually expanded to be an 11-alarm fire - 11 alarm South Jersey food warehouse fire contained





I expect that many of the responding units were from nearby volunteer fire departments.

They eventually tore it all down and moved their storage back here to Philly (for the time being).

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