Crime & Safety
Chemical Fire Causes Odor in the Area
The odor is expected to dissipate over the next several hours.
A chemical fire that burned overnight in Bristol, Pa. has caused a smell in the area, according to a statement release by Cranbury Township Wednesday afternoon.
There have been reports of the odor in the Cranbury-East Windsor-Hightstown area.
ABC reported the fire at Dow Chemical's Rohm and Haas plant started after a lightning bolt struck two storage tanks containing Ethyl Acrylate and Butyl Acrylate at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. The blaze was upgraded to three-alarm, as crews from Pennsylvania and New Jersey battled the fire through the morning.
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The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services are monitoring the incident, according to a statement from Cranbury Township. The odor is expected to dissipate over the next several hours and there is no health impact in New Jersey.
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