Trash compactor fire closes Teterboro Walmart for two hours
Some holiday shopping may have been interrupted at the Walmart in Teterboro Thursday when a trash compactor caught fire and closed the store for around two hours, officials said.
No one was injured when the compactor behind the store caught fire around 4:40 p.m. but smoke billowed into the Walmart, causing the closure, Teterboro Fire Official Robert Knobloch said. The fire was extinguished in an hour and the cause remained under investigation, Knobloch said.
The building was not damaged.
The Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, South Hackensack, Wood-Ridge, Moonachie and Wallington fire departments responded to the scene.