Multi-Vehicle Fire Doused Outside Hackensack Auto Repair Shop

Flames incinerated two trucks and damaged other nearby vehicles Monday outside a Hackensack auto repair shop, sending plumes of black smoke skyward that could be seen from Route 80.

Clouds of smoke could be seen for miles.
Photo Credit: *COURTESY: Hackensack Fire Department*

Jerry DeMarco

09/23/2019 3:03 p.m.

A firefighter was hospitalized with heat exhaustion, the city Fire Department said.

Firefighters responding to the two-alarm blaze sparked by downed wires at Rocky Auto Repair at Daniel and Kenneth streets just before 1:30 p.m. had it doused in well under an hour.

The building sustained some exterior damage, but firefighters kept interior damage to a minimum.

Englewood, Teaneck and Ridgefield Park firefighters were among the responders who assisted their city colleagues. An EMS unit from Hackensack University Medical Center also responded.

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