2nd Alarm Hits Camden Scrap Metal Junkyard
Photo by FRANK SAIACamden FF Chris Jimenez directs the master stream from the aerial of Ladder 2 at the second alarm fire at 1400 S. Front Street, Camden, NJ on May 29, 2026.
Photo by FRANK SAIACamden Ladder 1 operating on the pile of burning scrap at the second alarm fire at 1400 S. Front Street, Camden, NJ on May 29, 2026.
Photo by FRANK SAIACamden Tower Ladder 3 operating with the yard suppression system and heavy equipment to extinguish this second alarm fire at 1400 S. Front Street, Camden, NJ on May 29, 2026.
Photo by FRANK SAIACamden Tower Ladder 3 operates as heavy equipment pulls apart the scrap pile. This fire at 1400 S. Front Street, Camden, NJ on May 29, went to two alarms before being brought under control.
CAMDEN, NJ - At just before 3:00 A.M. on May 29th, the Camden Fire Department was dispatched for the report of a fire in the area of Ferry Avenue and Jackson Street. Responding companies updated the assignment for a fire at the EMR scrap metal junkyard, located at 1400 S. Front Street. Inside the scrap yard are large piles of scrap waiting to be shredded and prepared for recycling. First arriving units reported one of the large piles of scrap on fire. The scrap yard fire suppression system was activated, but was quickly overwhelmed. CFD units utilized a yard hydrant, as well as a street hydrant almost 1,000-feet away. Aerial streams were used as scrap yard personnel used heavy equipment to pull the pile apart to assist with extinguishing the fire.
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