Apartment Building, Residential

Jersey City, NJ – Fire in compactor shaft at high-rise apartment building put out with help from sprinkler system

Jersey City firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at a residential building in the Newport section of the city Thursday night, an official said.  The fire began in the compactor shaft on the first floor of Parkside West — a high-rise apartment building on Newport Parkway — shortly before 11:45 p.m., Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said.

The sprinkler in the shaft activated to help extinguish the fire, Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill added. The residents on the first and second floor evacuated the building, but there were no injuries and the fire was brought under control in about 20
minutes. All tenants returned to their apartments, Morrill said.

The fire reached a second alarm because the building is a high-rise, Morrill said.