2nd Alarm Destroys Two Vacant Camden Homes
Photo by FRANK SAIACamden Engine Co 11 stretches additional lines to extinguish the fire at 402-404 Stevens Street, Camden, NJ on March 21, 2026. The fire went to a second alarm before being brought under control
Photo by FRANK SAIACamden Engine Co 1 uses its deck gun to hit the heavily involved original fire building at 402 Stevens Street Camden, NJ on March 21, 2026. The fire went to two alarms before being brought under control.
Photo by FRANK SAIACamden Ladder Co 3 with Captain Dave Diaz and FF Johnathan Camacho put the aerial master stream to work on this second alarm fire at 402 Stevens Street, Camden, NJ on March 21, 2026.
Photo by FRANK SAIAThe Camden and Westmont Tower Ladders operate at the second alarm fire at 402 Stevens Street, Camden, NJ on March 21, 2026.
Photo by FRANK SAIAThe Fire Captain and the buff... Camden Rescue Co 1 Captain Jon Martin poses for a quick photo with buff Carter Johnsen at the second alarm fire at 402 Stevens Street, Camden, NJ on March 21, 2026.
Photo by FRANK SAIACherry Hill FD Truckman Andrew Lloyd operates a saw to cut loose a portion of the roof that had collapsed in the rear of the dwelling at 402 Stevens Street, Camden, NJ on March 21, 2026. The fire went to a second alarm before being declared under control.
Photo by FRANK SAIAWestmont FF Ryan Finnegan and Lt. Billy Tessing monitor conditions before hitting the remaining hot spots at this second alarm fire at 402 Stevens Street, Camden, NJ on March 21, 2026.
While Camden companies were operating at an All Hands fire at 1910 Filmore Street in the south side of Camden, at approximately 1215 hours on Saturday, March 21, 2026, the Camden County Fire Alarm Room received calls reporting a house on fire at 4th and Stevens Street. First arriving units reported heavy fire showing from the 2nd and 3rd floors of a three story, ordinary constructed, end of the row home. Camden Engine Co 1 arrived and immediately went in service with their deck gun. The fire quickly went through the roof and spread to the attacked, similar constructed, three story row home on the B side. Since a full first alarm assignment was already operating on Filmore Street, several mutual aid companies were dispatched to the Stevens Street job. As conditions deteriorated, the second alarm was transmitted that brought in additional units including ladder companies in which their aerials would be put to work. Companies quickly put master streams and hoselines in operation which knocked down the heavy volume of fire. The fire was brought under control in under an hour and companies remained on location to hit the many hot spots that remained.
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