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: Fire Ravages Elmwood Park Multi-Family Home
An Elmwood Park multi-family home went up in flames Saturday night. Responders were met by flames and heavy smoke at the Fournier Crescent home just after 8:30 p.m. Hoarding conditions contributed to the extent of the two-alarm fire, which quickly spread to the attic, they said. One firefighter was injured, though not seriously, responders said. Two cats may have been lost. The Fournier Crescent fire quickly spread.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The main body of the fire was knocked down shortly after 9 p.m. The blaze was declared under control a little over an hour after that. Mutual …
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Fire Ravages Vacant Fair Lawn House
Fire raced through a vacant Fair Lawn home late Wednesday afternoon. The blaze broke out in the rear of the 1½-story Oak Street house around 4:45 p.m. and quickly spread, responders said. Within minutes of firefighters' arrival, it went to three alarms. Oak Street, Fair LawnDamien Danis for DAILY VOICE All interior firefighters were removed and a defensive operation was ramped up, under cold, windy conditions that didn't make things any easier. They still knocked the fire down in under an hour and declared it under control minutes later. Oak Street, Fair LawnBoyd A. Loving for DAI…
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Wayne Police Officer Braves Flames, Dog Dies In House Fire
Flames and smoke kept a Wayne police officer from rescuing a dog who died in a house fire, authorities said. Township police, firefighters and First Aid Squad members responded to what began as a garage fire on Sycamore Terrace around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, Detective Capt. Christian Wittig said. A resident told Corporal Robert Feeney that her dog was inside, Wittig said. Feeney went in trying to rescue the dog but had to retreat after several attempts due to the fire and smoke, the captain said. Firefighters retrieved the dog, but resuscitation efforts failed, Wittig said. Corporal Robert Hi…
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: Man Charged With Setting Series Of Fires In Linden
UPDATE, Aug. 1: A Roselle man has been charged with setting the fires. Click here for more. Original story is below: Firefighters in Linden and neighboring towns handled a string of fires Thursday night that police say appear to be suspicious. No one was hurt in any of the fires. The first in the series of blazes occurred at 809 N. Wood Ave. around 10 p.m., said Lt. Christopher Guenther of the Linden Police Department. The building was unoccupied, but police said neighbors were evacuated safely as a precaution. An empty house on Seymour Avenue went up n…
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Firefighter Hospitalized Battling Waldwick Blaze
A firefighter was transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries while battling a Waldwick blaze Tuesday afternoon. The three-alarm Franklin Turnpike fire broke out at approximately 1:30 p.m. It was under control in less than an hour. Mutual aid was requested from several neighboring departments. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this story.
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Ridgefield Park Firefighters Douse Overnight House Blaze
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- After aiding with fires in two neighboring towns, Ridgefield Park firefighters got one of their own just after midnight Tuesday. An electrical fire sent flames through the attic and part of a home at 137 East Grand Avenue. No injuries were immediately reported. A Bogota FAST team and firefighters from Hackensack were among the companies that joined their village colleagues -- who also thanked those from Little Ferry, New Milford, and Teaneck. Ridgefield Park firefighters were among the mutual aid responders to a Queen Anne Road house fire in Bogota on Sunday -- th…
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Teaneck House Fire Doused
TEANECK, N.J. -- Investigators were trying to determine the cause of a Monday morning house fire in Teaneck. The 10:30 a.m. blaze at 87 Teaneck Rd. was under control within a half-hour, responders said. There were no injuries, they said. A Hackensack FAST team responded but was released soon after. Bogota and Ridgefield Park provided mutual aid coverage. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS ****** ALSO SEE: A drunken Teaneck motorist who crashed his car into a tree in Glen Rock demanded a shot of whiskey before he would agree to a breath test, authorities said. https://teaneck.dailyvoice.com/p…
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