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Lightning Strike Ignites Paramus House Fire Lightning Strike Ignites Paramus House Fire
Lightning Strike Ignites Paramus House Fire A lightning strike ignited a fire in a Paramus home Friday morning. The blaze damaged the second floor of the two-story, wood-frame home on Bullard Avenue, off Forest Avenue, after it broke out at around 8:15 a.m. July 14. Firefighters had it doused in under a half hour. No injuries were reported. Paramus police and members of their Emergency Services Unit, along with Paramus Rescue Squad joined other borough firefighters at the scene, with colleagues from surrounding towns providing coverage. These included responders from Fair Lawn, Maywood, Oradell, River Edge, Rochelle Park and Washi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Double Amputee's Sedan Plows Through Paramus Bank Fence Double Amputee's Sedan Plows Through Paramus Bank Fence
Double Amputee's Sedan Plows Through Paramus Bank Fence A sedan driven by a double amputee plowed through a wooden fence outside a Paramus bank Friday afternoon. The senior driver was fortunate that his BMW X5 lodged onto the curb, stopping just short of a drop of a few feet behind the Spencer Savings Bank on Oradell Avenue around 2:30 p.m. March 31. He was tended to by EMS and firefighters and refused further treatment. A Paramus Emergency Services Unit winched out the sedan, which took down a section of fence that landed on the hood. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. The BMW crashed through the fence behind t…

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by Jerry DeMarco