Firefighters break windows of car blocking hydrant

[Demovictory9]

Hamilton Township Professional Firefighters in New Jersey posted on Facebook on June 14, 2018: "This is what happens when you park in front of a hydrant. This was taken last night at the fire on Norway Avenue in the Bromley section of Hamilton. Reminder, it is against the law to park in front of a fire hydrant."

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters had to break the windows and run a hose through a car that was blocking a fire hydrant in New Jersey.

Firefighters arrived on the scene of a house fire early Thursday in Hamilton Township. But they found the car parked in front of the hydrant.

A picture posted on the Hamilton Township Professional Firefighters' Facebook page shows they punched out the windows and threaded the hose through the car.

They had the fire under control quickly and no one was injured.

[Snackshack]

1. Yep.

That is what they will do without hesitation and with every right to do so.

Do not park your car in a manner that impedes FD access to a fire hydrant. Because not only will the windows get broken but the inside of the car will also get most likely very very wet.

[braddy]

2. They do this whenever it comes up.

[flamin lib]

3. Car owner's lucky. Fire trucks have BIG bumpers.

A 20mph nudge would move the car and add $20k to the cost of the ticket.