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UPDATE: Fierce Fire Ravages $3M Tenafly Home UPDATE: Fierce Fire Ravages $3M Tenafly Home
Update: Fierce Fire Ravages $3M Tenafly Home 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A fierce fire blew through a $3 million Tenafly home Friday night. Everyone got out OK and no injuries were reported after the fire ignited on the first floor near the back of the Hudson Avenue home off County Road shortly before 8:30 p.m. June 14. It quickly went to three alarms and then, later, a fourth for coverage. Firefighters had the bulk of the blaze knocked down within a half hour, then remained until 11 p.m. or so dousing hot spots. Although responders at the scene said an unattended candle appeared responsible, fire officials haven't yet posited a definitive cause. Mutu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Glen Rock Homeowner Burned Glen Rock Homeowner Burned
Glen Rock Homeowner Burned A Glen Rock homeowner burned his hand Monday during a small fire at his home. The Abington Terrace home just off Maple Avenue sustained minor damage in the noontime Nov. 20 second-floor blaze. The homeowner declined ambulance transport and said he'd drive himself to the hospital. Fire officials said original suspicions that a torch being used to burn paint off a baseboard caused the fire were incorrect. They didn't say how it started, however.  Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Fair Lawn, Hawthorne and Ridgewood. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and reported this story.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Firefighters Hospitalized, Blaze Destroys Passaic Home As Temps Break 90 Degrees Firefighters Hospitalized, Blaze Destroys Passaic Home As Temps Break 90 Degrees
Firefighters Hospitalized, Blaze Destroys Passaic Home As Temps Break 90 Degrees Four firefighters were hospitalized after battling an intense five-alarm blaze that destroyed a multi-family home amid blistering temperatures Wednesday afternoon in Passaic. The quartet was believed to be getting treatment for heat exhaustion, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said from the scene of the fire on Union Avenue between Park Avenue and Spring Street. One was brought out and rushed to the hospital by ambulance following a mayday call. The extent of injuries couldn't be immediately determined. 67 Union Avenue, PassaicJeff Gumbman / INSET: Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora Onl…

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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
Police & Fire
YOUNG HEROES: Neighborhood Kids Save Bedridden Woman After Dog Starts West Milford House Fire YOUNG HEROES: Neighborhood Kids Save Bedridden Woman After Dog Starts West Milford House Fire
Young Heroes: Neighborhood Kids Save Bedridden Woman After Dog Starts West Milford House Fire A bedridden West Milford woman's home had quickly begun filling with smoke after her dog accidentally ignited a fire on her kitchen stove. "This was close to being a fatal," one responder said. It wasn't, authorities said, because four neighborhood youngsters who heard alarms quickly ran to get help. Township Police Officers Randy Yevchak and Bill Pittelko and Company 3 Fire Chief Keith Weber forced open the door and found the Ridge Road home at the corner of Juanita Street filled with smoke shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday, May 13, Fire Public Information Officer Rich Poplaski said. The wo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Smoke Alarm, Police Heroes Help Limit Damage In Predawn East Rutherford Fire Smoke Alarm, Police Heroes Help Limit Damage In Predawn East Rutherford Fire
Smoke Alarm, Police Heroes Help Limit Damage In Predawn East Rutherford Fire A working smoke alarm and the instant response of East Rutherford police prevented any serious injuries during a predawn multi-family home fire, authorities said. A candle in a second-floor bedroom may have ignited the blaze in the mid-century home on Grove Street off Mozart Street between Railroad and Paterson avenues shortly before 5 a.m., responders said. A detector woke sleeping residents, they said. A trio of responding police officers "entered the home to find smoke coming from a bedroom door [that] was also hot to the touch," the East Rutherford Fire Department wrote in a post. The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Fierce Fire Ravages Lodi Home UPDATE: Fierce Fire Ravages Lodi Home
Update: Fierce Fire Ravages Lodi Home A family of four was burned out of their Lodi home by a fierce, fast-moving fire. The Christopher Street blaze at the corner of Charlton Avenue instantly went to two alarms after breaking out shortly before 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17. The fire raced through the 2½-story wood-frame home near Route 46, forcing firefighters out before the roof collapsed. No serious injuries were immediately reported. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Wallington and Wood-Ridge. 50 Christopher Street, LodiRobin DeWitt Aquino 50 Christopher Street, LodiRob…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Firefighters Douse Overnight Ridgefield Park Blaze Firefighters Douse Overnight Ridgefield Park Blaze
Firefighters Douse Overnight Ridgefield Park Blaze Ridgefield Park firefighters made quick work of an overnight attic blaze. No injuries were reported in the two-alarm fire, which broke out shortly after 1:30 a.m. Monday in a two-story wood-frame home on Park Avenue off the corners of Fifth Street and Railroad Avenue. Firefighters had the bulk of the blaze knocked down in under a half-hour. Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Bogota, Hackensack and Teaneck.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Police Officer Rescues Cat From Smoky House Blaze PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Police Officer Rescues Cat From Smoky House Blaze
Photos: Saddle Brook Police Officer Rescues Cat From Smoky House Blaze UPDATE: A Saddle Brook police officer rescued a cat from a smoky fire that destroyed a local resident’s home Tuesday. Officer Matt Benus was the first responder at the two-alarm Hutter Street blaze. The 60-something woman got out safely, while her cat remained inside. Benus rushed in, found the feline in the living room and completed the rescue. The 7 a.m. fire -- the third residential blaze in the township in a week – broke out in the basement and quickly roared out the back of the 864-square-foot, wood-frame home, responders said. Firefighters had to open the roof to vent the fire whi…

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by Jerry DeMarco