Passaic Firefighters Douse Suspicious Storage Room Blaze

Arson investigators were summoned after a trash fire in the basement of a mixed-use building in Passaic was quickly doused Sunday.

Passaic Battalion Chief John Hayowyk views some of the remains of the afternoon fire.
Photo Credit: *Ron Bombaro*

Jerry DeMarco

03/28/2021 4:39 p.m.

Sprinklers helped contain the two-alarm blaze to the storage room on the Exchange Place side of the six-story building on Main Avenue after it broke out shortly before 2 p.m., responders said.

No injuries were reported.

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