The five-alarm blaze at the plant in Piscataway, New Jersey ignited around 6:30 p.m. and sent gigantic flames into the sky as heavy clouds of black smoke choked the area.
Two firefighters were injured battling a massive inferno that broke out a Pepsi-Co bottling factory in New Jersey on Tuesday night, reports said.
The five-alarm blaze at the plant in Piscataway ignited around 6:30 p.m. and sent gigantic flames into sky as heavy clouds of black smoke choked the area. The conditions forced officials were forced to shut down streets surrounding New Brunswick Avenue, authorities said. The fire was under control by 11 p.m. But multiple crews were expected to continue working throughout the night putting out hot spots,As first responders from around the area fled to the scene, one firefighter was hospitalized with heat exhaustion and another smoke-eater received medical attention on scene of a shoulder injury, the article said.
The fire at the Pepsi-Co factory started around 6:30 p.m., as two firefighters were injured battling the five-alarm blaze.
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