Bergen Couple Seriously Burned By Tiki Torch Filled With Rubbing Alcohol, Airlifted To Barnabas

A couple lounging at a River Vale home were airlifted to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston late Sunday after they were burned seriously by a tiki torch that caught fire, authorities said.

River Vale police rendered medical aid to the 54-year-old woman and 52-year-old man after receiving the call from Collignon Way at 10:44 p.m. Aug. 13.
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Jerry DeMarco

08/14/2023 10:46 a.m.

River Vale police rendered medical aid to the 54-year-old woman and 52-year-old man after receiving the call from Collignon Way at 10:44 p.m. Aug. 13, Lt. Josh Wisse said.

The man told police that he used rubbing alcohol to light the torches and not the standard torch fluid, the lieutenant said.

A Hackensack University Medical Center Advanced Life Support unit rendered aid before Old Tappan Basic Life Support and Holy Name Basic Life Support ambulances took both victims to a landing zone, Wisse said.

They were then airlifted to the hospital, he said.

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