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Firefighters battled through the night to control and extinguish the Columbia Avenue blaze, which apparently began around 1:30 a.m. on a sunporch in back of the house and was briefly fed at one point by a ruptured gas line, Lodi Fire Chief Ron Cannici told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
The cause hadn’t been immediately determined, said Cannici, who declared the blaze under control just after 5 a.m.
A firefighter had to be taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a minor injury but was fine, the chief said.
“He got hit in the face with a water stream as he was coming around a corner,” Cannicci said. “He took a pretty good shot, but he was OK.”
The homewner went to the hospital, as well, but was quickly released, he said. His upstairs tenants got out safely, the chief added.
Lodi’s fire marshal and a demolition crew were at the scene early this morning.
Responders came from Garfield, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Maywood, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook and Wallington.
Companies from Wood-Ridge, Little Ferry, Elmwood Park, Rutherford and East Rutherford provided coverage.
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