PARSIPPANY — A Knight Transportation Trailer being towed by a local tow truck was exiting the Morris Hills Shopping Center (near the Marshalls exit) and knocked down electrical wires and telephone poles. The transformers landed in the enclosed wooden garbage area in the McDonald’s parking lot and caught on fire. Video by Jeff Kramer
At approximately 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, June 20, Parsippany-Troy Hills Volunteer Fire Department District 6, as well as Parsippany Volunteer Ambulance, Parsippany Emergency Medical Services, and Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department was dispatched to the scene. There were no injuries reported.
Jersey Central and Power and Light is on the scene. Power is out in the surrounding area.
A Knight Transportation Trailer being towed by a local tow truck knocked down electrical wires and transformer and they caught on fire by the McDonald’s dumpstersThe dumpsters at McDonald’s, 3111 Route 46 EastParsippany Fire District 6 was at the sceneA Knight Transportation Trailer being towed by a local tow truck knocked down electrical wires and transformer and they caught on fire by the McDonald’s dumpstersThe truck hit the electric wires and telephone phone and transformers landed on the ground in the area of the dumpsters and caught the dumpsters on fireThe dumpsters at McDonald’s, 3111 Route 46 EastThe dumpsters at McDonald’s, 3111 Route 46 EastThe dumpsters at McDonald’s, 3111 Route 46 EastThe dumpsters at McDonald’s, 3111 Route 46 EastThe dumpsters at McDonald’s, 3111 Route 46 EastThe dumpsters burning at McDonald’s. Photo by Jeff Kramer.The flames from Route 46The flames from Route 46
Publisher of Parsippany Focus since 1989 and Morris Focus since 2019, both covering a wide range of events. Mr. Cahill serves as the Executive Board Member of the Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce, President of Kiwanis Club of Tri-Town and Chairman of Parsippany-Troy Hills Economic Development Advisory Board.