Video above provided by Tim Connolly of the Fairfield (NJ) Fire Department.
Fairfield Police Chief Anthony Manna said officers and firefighters arrived at Skyline Auto Auction around 7:47 a.m. to find that wires from the transformer had fallen on to several vehicles.
Due to the live wires, firefighters were forced to watch as various other cars were engulfed in flames as they waited for PSE&G to shut down power to the business.
The blaze was finally extinguished by around 9 a.m., but not before about 20 vehicles had been damaged “to varying degrees”, according to Manna.
December fire at Skyline Auto Auction
FAIRFIELD – Skyline Auto Auction Rt 46
Live wires down on 12 cars which caught fire
Started 8am – still working pic.twitter.com/FUfUBuKh9G— West Essex NOW (@WestEssexNOW) February 3, 2016
