Westfield Volunteer Rescue Squad Provides Aid in Elizabeth Fire

The provided a mutual aid ambulance to assist at the scene of a five-alarm fire in Elizabeth Tuesday night, according to Reid Edles, president of the squad. 

Nearly a dozen families are without homes after the blaze destroyed two 2.5-story homes and heavily damaged a 3-story house, according to The Star Ledger. The cause of the fire was undetermined as of Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said.

Fire companies from nine municipalities brought the fire, which began at 8:30 p.m., under control a little more than two hours later, officials said.

"Our rescue squad members were part of the Medical Evaluation Team that evaluated and treated patients, both firefighters and civilians," Edles explained. 

The rescue squad, now in its 62nd year of providing emergency medical services to the community of Westfield at no charge, provides mutual aid to other towns and cities upon request, Edles noted.