Responders closed Route 519 in the area of the incident Tuesday night at Sanico, 5 Hutchinson Station Road. Watch video
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A fast-moving fire and explosion struck a recycling-transfer facility Tuesday night in Warren County, authorities said.
It was reported just before 7 p.m. at Sanico Inc., 5 Hutchinson Station Road in Harmony Township.
New Jersey State Police at Washington confirmed the fire and said responders closed Belvidere Road (Route 519) in the area of the incident.
Both police and Harmony Mayor Brian Tipton said they were unaware of any need for evacuations.
"It's a transfer station, solid waste transfer station," Tipton said, adding that residential and commercial waste is collected and brought to the facility to be loaded onto larger trucks to be taken to landfills.
Tipton said he drove up to the scene.
"When I came around the corner it was completely lit up, the building on the property," Tipton said, adding later: "It sounded like an explosion. ... It was well on its way before the fire company got there."
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Sanico is located within an old gravel pit, surrounded by berms on all sides, Tipton said.
"The closest residential property is a good distance away," he said.
Editor's note: This article has been changed from its original version to reflect Sanico Inc.'s description of this facility as a recycling-transfer station.
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