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Body Found, Another Possible Following Fierce Multi-Family Home Fire In Ridgefield Body Found, Another Possible Following Fierce Multi-Family Home Fire In Ridgefield
Body Found, Another Possible Following Fierce Multi-Family Home Fire In Ridgefield 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A former bed and breakfast in Ridgefield had been leveled by fire when responders found the remains of a man wrapped around a support beam. “He must’ve been alive and trying to hold on when the floor above him collapsed,” said a firefighter who was at the predawn blaze at the former Toddle Inn on Broad Avenue on Wednesday, March 6. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella identified the victim on Friday as 42-year-old Xavier Contreras. An Ecuadoran national, the homeless Contreras sometimes joined the groups of day laborers waiting for passing contractors in nearby Palisades Park, jus…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Multiple Vehicles Destroyed, Damaged In Suspicious Fire At Route 46 Used Car Lot Multiple Vehicles Destroyed, Damaged In Suspicious Fire At Route 46 Used Car Lot
Multiple Vehicles Destroyed, Damaged In Suspicious Fire At Route 46 Used Car Lot Three vehicles were destroyed and three others damaged in a suspicious predawn fire Sunday at a used car dealership on Route 46 in Lodi. Lodi police arrived at 4:42 a.m. July 30 to find multiple vehicles in flames and the MTF Auction building off Money Street damaged. Firefighters had the blaze doused in under an hour. There was no extension into the building, they said afterward. No injuries were reported. Responders arrived at the MTF Auction used car dealership on Route 46 in Lodi to find a trio of vehicles aflame.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The Lodi Fire Prevention Bureau began a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Corvette Ragtop Toasted In Ridgewood Garage Fire Corvette Ragtop Toasted In Ridgewood Garage Fire
Corvette Ragtop Toasted In Ridgewood Garage Fire A Corvette convertible was essentially incinerated in a Ridgewood garage fire. The owner apparently was charging the battery of the white 2017 Stingray when the blaze ignited in the detached home garage on Ackerman Avenue, down the block from Van Dyk's Homemade Ice Cream, around 7 p.m. Saturday, April 22. A BMW SUV was safely removed and village firefighters had the flames doused in minutes. Ridgewood firefighters had the garage blaze on Ackerman Avenue doused within minutes.Boyd A. Loving But the $55,000 ragtop was consumed. Ridgewood police also responded along with EMS. No injuries…

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UPDATE: Senior Homeowner, Daughter's Fiancé Killed In South Hackensack House Fire UPDATE: Senior Homeowner, Daughter's Fiancé Killed In South Hackensack House Fire
Update: Senior Homeowner, Daughter's Fiancé Killed In South Hackensack House Fire UPDATE: An elderly homeowner and her daughter's fiancé died in an overnight house fire in South Hackensack, authorities confirmed. The Agar Place fire broke out in the rear of the 1½-story home shortly after 3 a.m. and instantly spread, responders and neighbors said. An off-duty South Hackensack police sergeant who lives next door to the victims tried to extinguish the flames with a garden hose, but the blaze spread too quickly. Firefighters had to beat back heavy flames and extreme heat, in fact, before finding 80-year-old homeowner Teresa Savino and Anton Pechal (Merkulov), 29. The…

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SEE ANYTHING? Deliberately Set Elmwood Park Brush Fire Draws Investigators SEE ANYTHING? Deliberately Set Elmwood Park Brush Fire Draws Investigators
SEE Anything? Deliberately Set Elmwood Park Brush Fire Draws Investigators UPDATE: Someone apparently ignited a brush fire in Elmwood Park at a particularly dangerous time. Fortunately, borough firefighters made quick work of the blaze, which broke out in a wooded area off Gilbert Avenue and Mola Boulevard between 6:30-7 p.m. Friday, April 29. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Squad was alerted after a gas can was found in the area, responders said. The pattern of the fire was also a dead giveaway. One area resident said it wasn't the first time, either. "I'm extremely concerned," he said. "This is a disturbed person that is doing this."  Low humidity and p…

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SEE ANYTHING? Brush Fire In Ridgewood Raises Suspicions SEE ANYTHING? Brush Fire In Ridgewood Raises Suspicions
SEE Anything? Brush Fire In Ridgewood Raises Suspicions Authorities turned to the public for help investigating a suspicious brush fire that broke out in Ridgewood over the weekend. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected valuable evidence from the area on Crest Road known as "The View" after village firefighters doused the blaze around 8 p.m. Sunday, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Luthcke's detectives are working with their counterparts from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Squad, Luthcke said Monday. They asked that anyone who might have seen something, or has information that could help identify who…

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by Jerry DeMarco