More than half a dozen fire departments battled a blaze at a former textile mill site on Saturday.
The city of Camden said in a release that firefighters responded at about 11 p.m. Saturday to the DeRoyal Textiles facility at 125 York St. The plant had not been active for some time, the city said. It formerly was known as the Hermitage Mill Plant.
“First responders arrived to find heavy fire conditions in the C and D building with flames already coming through the roof,” the city said in its release. “Due to the dangerous conditions, firefighters conducted a defensive aerial attack using multiple ladder trucks rather than entering the structure.”…