Motor vehicle crash in Williamstown

Monroe Township Ambulance and Rescue Association (squad 294) responded to the corner of Corkery Lane and S. Black Horse Pike (Wawa) at aprox 2100hrs on the night of August 31, 2008 for the report by a Cecil Fire/EMS officer on location of a motor vehicle crash with entrapment, along with multiple injured. Ambulances 2942 and 2943 responded to the scene within seconds of the call being sounded and were joined by units from Williamstown Fire Department (291), Cecil Fire/EMS (29-7), Washington Township Ambulance and Rescue Association (10-9), Winslow Twp EMS Foundation (Camden 25-5) and Underwood Memorial Hospital Paramedics (Life Support 2). In total there were six BLS units on location to the call transporting nine patients to area hospitals. Cause of the crash is being investigated by the Monroe Township Police Department.

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Would you like to receive FREE training and uniforms while learning valuable skills that could literally SAVE A LIFE? If this sounds good, the Monroe Twp. Ambulance & Rescue Association would like to meet you. We will help you obtain your CPR and EMT certifications at no cost to you. All we ask in return is you donate some of your time, roughly 12 hours per week. All 16 and older are welcome to apply. You can stop by the Monroe Twp. EMS building located at Corkery & Blue Bell Rds. any Tuesday from 7-9pm or email membership@squad294.org for more info.

92-year-old woman dies in Williamstown house fire

by South Jersey News Online

Thursday March 06, 2008, 10:00 AM

Photo by Curt Hudson, South Jersey Newspapers
Firefighters and police outside a house on Key West Drive in Holiday City, Williamstown. The fire was too intense for them to attempt to rescue 92-year-old Alfreda Scharble, who died in the house.

MONROE TWP. -- An autopsy performed Thursday determined that 92-year-old Alfreda Scharble died of smoke inhalation during a fire at her home on Key West Drive in the Holiday City over-55 housing development Wednesday night.

The fire was reported by a neighbor at about 10:30 p.m. Scharble lived with her daughter, Patricia Palermo, who had put Scharble to bed at about 5:30 p.m., according to Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Bernie Weisenfeld. Palermo then left the house.

Investigators from the Prosecutor's Office, the county Fire Marshal's Office and the Monroe Township police department learned Scharble was a heavy smoker and often smoked in bed, Weisenfeld said.

The fire started in her bedroom. An oxygen tank was found in the house, but it was not involved in the fire and was found intact in a front room.

The fire not only destroyed Palermo's house, it damaged portions of four neighboring houses.

Other coverage of incident: Fox 29 Philadelphia - CBS 3 - NBC 10 - WPVI 6 - Williamstown Fire Department - First Responder News Network

Ambulances 2941 and 2942 responded to provide rehab and standby services for firefighters and residents affected by the fire. Rescue 2948 and utility 2949 responded to assist in lighting. Also responding to assist were departments from Glassboro, Cecil, Franklinville (Star Cross), Washington Township, and Deptford.