Firefighters battle apartment blaze in sweltering heat

Trenton firefighters confined a Hoffman Avenue fire to one apartment after a 30-minute long struggle with the blaze.

TRENTON -- City firefighters battled a one-alarm fire in a second-floor apartment on Hoffman Avenue that displaced a woman and three children Friday afternoon. 

The Trenton Fire Department arrived at the fire at 1:30 p.m. and brought it under control within 30 minutes, Battalion Chief Gus Tackacs said.

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No one was injured in the fire, Tackacs said.

However, two neighbors were advised to remain in their apartment with two firefighters because of smoke in the hallway. 

Firefighters also helped a woman living in an apartment underneath the fire move her belongings and wrap her furniture in plastic to keep it dry after water leaked through the ceiling, Tackacs said. 

Because of the heat, Tackacs said he called an extra fire engine and ladder company to the scene.

"The guys did a great job considering how hot it is," Tackacs said.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, he said.

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