LAKEHURST – Fire crews were called to the lot next to Fucille’s ball field on July 5 due to a possible trash fire, police said.
Around 1 p.m., a garbage truck was spotted dumping trash in the municipal lot next to the field along with local firefighters hosing down the pile.
“Waste Management observed some smoke coming from the back of the truck while it was at the intersection of Myrtle Street and Chestnut Street and assumed there was a fire in the back of the truck,” Lakehurst Police Chief Matthew J. Kline told Jersey Shore Online.
As per the company’s policy, they must dump the garbage in order to save the truck.
“There was a small amount of garbage that was smoldering, but no active fire,” Chief Kline said.
As a result, Joint Base Fire Department pumped some water on the smoldering garbage. Kline confirmed that none of the trash actually caught fire, and no injuries were reported.
Afterwards, Waste Management cleaned up the garbage they dumped.
