Black smoke was seen over Belleville, New Jersey, on Sunday afternoon after a multi-alarm fire broke out at a commercial building, officials said.
Crews from multiple townships converged on a mattress warehouse at 347 Cortlandt St., where the blaze started at around 3 p.m. and grew to nine alarms by 5:30 p.m.
As of 11 p.m., there were no reports of any injuries. But despite that good news, Mayor Michael Melham declared a state of emergency due to high winds and low water pressure.
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The Belleville Fire Department said the fire spread to other buildings and added there were several collapses within those buildings…