MONTGOMERY Heating problems turned into a fire that spread from the basement to the first floor of a Wellington Court home on Friday.

Montgomery police went to the residence in the Belle Mead section of town to check on smoke inside the residence. One resident and two heating and cooling repair workers had evacuated the home.

Police saw heavy black smoke coming from the basement.

The resident told police that there were heating problems on the first floor of the home and the workers had just arrived to work on the heater in the basement when the smoke appeared. Then, a fire started in the basement and spread to the first floor.

Montgomery Township Fire Companies No. 1 and No. 2 responded to the fire with the assistance of Hillsborough Fire Companies 1, 2, and 3, Rocky Hill Fire Company, Elizabeth Avenue Fire Company (Franklin), Millstone Valley Fire Company (Franklin), Kingston Fire Company, East Amwell Fire Company, Hopewell Township Fire, Princeton Township Fire, Montgomery Township EMS, and Hillsborough Township EMS.

No one was injured during the incident.

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January 26, 2015 at 5:17 pm by Mr HomeBuilder
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