ROSELAND — Smitty's Supply, Inc. announced Tuesday that it filed a lawsuit against two other companies for selling and installing faulty equipment, which Smitty's says led to the late-August series of explosions that has devastated the Roseland community.

Smitty's said it has sued Fulton Boiler Works, Inc. and J&M Boiler Combustion Control Services, Inc., in a press release sent out Tuesday afternoon. Smitty's accused Fulton of selling them a "defective" thermal fluid heater in 2021 and J&M of negligently installing and maintaining it.

"At all relevant times, the Fulton Thermal Fluid Heater at Smitty’s was being used in an intended and/or foreseeable manner when the fire occurred," Smitty's attorney, Matthew Sherman, said. "Furthermore, Smitty’s in no way caused nor contributed to the fi

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