Story and photos by Keith Addie
包括教师，学生和父母在内的数十名观众在外面感到震惊James Monroe Elementary School in Edison, New Jersey, on the evening of March 22, 2014. Witnesses watched a devastating fire ravage the school that has been creating memories for so many children for 50 years.
Edison firefighters were dispatched just before 8:00 p.m. to 7 Sharp Rd. for a fire alarm activation. Upon arrival, companies found heavy smoke showing and fire that appeared to be concentrated in the center of the building, near the library and school offices. Handlines were deployed to make an attempt on anaggressive interior attack, but crews were forced to evacuate the building shortly after and过渡到防御行动due to the heavy volume of fire. Multiple water supplies were established from different sides of the building to feed engines and tower ladders that were set up to battle the intense flames that were consuming the roof from above. Several exterior hand lines and elevated master streams continued to flow for hours before the bulk of the fire was darkened and brought under control.
Transitioning from Offensive to Defensive
Companies continued to flow water from the exterior throughout the night onto the burned out smoldering shell to extinguish hot spots. Multiple areas of the roof and wall collapsed resulting in an unstable building. Firefighters rotated in and out of rehabilitation during the extended operations. A fuel truck was summoned to the scene to re-fuelapparatusas their tanks ran low.
There are nearly 500 students that attend the elementary school on a daily basis that will need to be relocated to other schools within the township. The Edison Board of Education stated that it’s not going to be a problem easily solved due to an already overcrowded school district. Other options are being explored such as moving the displaced students to Middlesex County College for the remainder of the school year.
大火时学校没有被占领。在现场操作并被释放时，十二名消防员吸入了烟雾。
来自Metuchen，South Plainfield，Highland Park，Woodbridge Township，Piscataway Township，New Brunswick，North Brunswick和Old Bridge Township等周围城镇的相互援助消防部门作出了回应，以协助和覆盖事件期间的乡镇。消防部门在整个晚上和清晨旋转，以减轻运作数小时的消防员。
爱迪生侦探，米德尔塞克斯郡消防元帅办公室和米德尔塞克斯郡检察官办公室正在调查大火，以确定原因和起源。
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