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Resident burns clothing in yard at group home

Heard on: Gloucester NJ Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Station 26 , Fire One, Glassboro Woods and Manor Group at (number withheld) Overbrook Avenue between Alfred Avenue and Lewis Avenue rubbish.
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Overbrook Ave, Glassboro, NJ 08028
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Fire crews were sent to a group home on Overbrook Avenue in Glassboro for a report of rubbish burning. Dispatch then reported that a resident was setting his clothes on fire in the back yard of the home. Fire units arrived to find a one‑story group home with no visible fire and began investigating. It was later reported that the resident involved had walked away from the area. Police had already been notified about the situation.

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