BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Berkeley Heights fire department was called to Trap Rock Brewery located at 279 Springfield Ave. in Berkeley Heights this morning at 7:45 a.m. after a beer brewing tank ruptured due to over pressure -- causing damage to the interior and exterior of the building.

Something went wrong with the process with the fermenter and blew out the door, said Fire Department Battalion Chief Jim Hopkins. The cooker was shoved against the wall from the force of the pressure wave which caused a break in the natural gas line. The Fire Department shut off the gas and vented the building.

There were no injuries and no one was in the building when the tank ruptured.

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"Good thing it didn't happen when people were going there to eat," said Hopkins. "Or, if someone was in that room when it happened --- it might have created a fatality."

"If the natural gas continued to leak, it could have been a much larger tragedy," said Hopkins.

Trap Rock is working with the town construction officials to open for business later today.

Updated Saturday at 11:08 a.m.