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Victor Scrivens

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Attic Fire Severely Damages Paterson Multi-Family Home Attic Fire Severely Damages Paterson Multi-Family Home
Attic Fire Severely Damages Paterson Multi-Family Home An attic fire severely damaged a Paterson multi-family home on Monday. Responding firefighters were met by heavy flames on East 23rd Street near 10th Avenue shortly before noon June 26. They had the two-alarmer knocked down within a half hour and under control roughly 10 minutes after that. No serious injuries were reported. The Passaic County Emergency Services ReHab Canteen Unit provided a misting tent, chair, fluids and snacks. Firefighters had the noontime two-alarmer on East 23rd Street near 10th Avenue in Paterson knocked down within a half hour.Victor Scrivens

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Clifton Attic Fire Doused Clifton Attic Fire Doused
Clifton Attic Fire Doused Firefighters doused an attic blaze that significantly damaged a Clifton home. Everyone got out of the Witherspoon Road home off Woodlawn Avenue after the smoky fire ignited and spread over the garage around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 12, responders said. A second alarm was called within 15 minutes. Firefighters had the blaze knocked down in under a half hour. An investigator was requested, although a possible cause wasn't immediately disclosed. Clifton firefighters had the Witherspoon Road blaze knocked down in under a half hour.Victor Scrivens

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Roof Collapses In Clifton House Fire Roof Collapses In Clifton House Fire
Roof Collapses In Clifton House Fire UPDATE: The roof of a Clifton home collapsed during a fire on Saturday that brought arson investigators. The two-alarm blaze -- three bells for coverage -- ignited shortly before noon May 27 and quickly spread through the home on dead-ended Lynn Drive. Firefighters went defensive once the roof began collapsing, then returned to an offensive attack soon after. No injuries were reported. The two-alarm blaze -- three bells for coverage -- ignited shortly before noon May 27 and quickly spread through the Lynn Drive home.Victor Scrivens for DAILY VOICE A preliminary cause wasn't given. A …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Four Paterson Houses Aflame In Second Residential Fire Within Hours Four Paterson Houses Aflame In Second Residential Fire Within Hours
Four Paterson Houses Aflame In Second Residential Fire Within Hours Four houses were ravaged by one of two Paterson fires that broke out within hours of one another, responders at the scenes said. Worse was the second blaze, on Marshall Street just off Slater Street, around 4 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1. Firefighters arrived as flames jumped to the second house. Both became fully involved before what quickly became a four-alarmer spread to another residence -- and then to a fourth -- as they ramped up an exterior attack. All of the homes were occupied, responders at the scene said, adding that more than two dozen people from nine families in all were displaced…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Residents Hospitalized With Burns In Paterson Fire Residents Hospitalized With Burns In Paterson Fire
Residents Hospitalized With Burns In Paterson Fire Two residents suffered burns in a mid-afternoon fire that ravaged a Paterson home, responders said. Temperatures broke 90 and the heat index reached triple figures Sunday during the fast-moving upper-floor blaze at the 2½-story wood-frame house on Madison Avenue. Firefighters were forced into an exterior attack about 45 minutes after they arrived. A neighboring home was also damaged in the three-alarmer. The extent of the victims' injuries couldn't immediately be determined. The Passaic County Emergency Services ReHab Canteen Unit provided a misting tent, chair, fluids and snacks. Fir…

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by Jerry DeMarco