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: Officer, Firefighter Save Life Of Junior Responder, 17, Critically Injured In Explosion
UPDATE: A firefighter and a police officer saved the life of a junior firefighter when he was critically injured in an explosion behind a Ridgefield Park restaurant, authorities said Monday. The 17-year-old Ridgefield Park High School senior remained in stable but critical condition following several surgeries at Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. The junior firefighter, whose name was withheld because of his age, had completed a training exercise before the call came in at 2:12 p.m. Sunday, Fire Chief John Antola Jr. said. A fire had erupted in a makeshift wooden garbage b…
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: Garfield Fire Ravages Multi-Family, Mixed-Use Building
UPDATE: A firefighter sustained a minor injury during a blaze that ripped through a multi-family, mixed-use Garfield building late Friday into Saturday. The fire broke out shortly before 11:30 p.m. on the second floor of the three-story Maple Avenue building, which houses the Sud's City laundry on Palisade Avenue. It quickly blew through the attic and roof, collapsing a rear portion of the building collapsed soon after. Utility wires briefly caught fire in the stubborn blaze, which was finally brought under control at 1:49 a.m. Jeff Stang produced up-close video: At the scene.JeffS…
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Firefighter Injured In Paterson House Blaze
A firefighter was hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after he slipped and fell battling a Paterson house fire on Monday, authorities said. The firefighter was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after being injured in the 22nd Street fire. The blaze broke out on the second floor of the home and was quickly knocked down. A possible cause wasn't immediately disclosed. No other injuries were reported. At scene of East 22nd Street fire in PatersonJon Ryan
Police & Fire
Woman Dies, Firefighter Injured In Jersey City Blaze
An 84-year-old woman died and a firefighter was injured in a Jersey City house fire Thursday morning, authorities said. Firefighters were met by heavy flames and smoke when responding to 270 Clerk St., around 10:45 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The two-alarm blaze was confined to the second floor of the home, where the woman was found unresponsive in her bedroom, Suarez said. The victim was pronounced dead at 11:44 a.m., the prosecutor said. One Jersey City Fire Captain was transported to the Jersey City Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries. The fire wa…
Police & Fire
2 Families Displaced, Firefighter Falls Through Floor In Newark Blaze
Two families were displaced and one firefighter injured in an early-morning fire Friday that tore through a Newark home. Firefighters responded to the 3-story wood frame home at 382 Leslie St., where a kitchen fire had spread to the second and third floors around 6 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. A second alarm was called around 6:30 a.m., with some 90 firefighters in total working to knock down the blaze. One firefighter was injured after falling through the floor and suffering a knee injury. He was treated at the scene by EMS, Ambrose said. The fire was…
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Firefighter Injured In Pre-Dawn Englewood House Blaze
VIDEO: A firefighter was injured in a pre-dawn blaze Wednesday that gutted an unoccupied Englewood house, responders said. The firefighter was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center shortly after 4 a.m. after slipping and falling, Fire Chief Erik Enersen said. The two-alarm fire broke out on dead-ended St. Nicholas Avenue about an hour earlier. Mutual aid responders covered the town. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS
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Firefighter Falls Through Floor In Hasbrouck Heights Blaze
A firefighter escaped serious injury when he fell through the second floor of a Hasbrouck Heights house during a Monday night blaze, responders said. The firefighter was hospitalized with what were characterized as minor injuries following the mayday call on Henry Street, they said. The three-alarm blaze broke out on the second floor of the unoccupied, 2½-story home before quickly extending shortly after 7 p.m. Firefighters had it knocked down in under an hour. 312 Henry Street, Hasbrouck HeightsDamien Danis for DAILY VOICE The cause wasn't immediately determined. CHECK BACK FOR MORE…
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Firefighters Douse Teaneck Blaze
VIDEO: Firefighters doused a Teaneck blaze Thursday afternoon. Responders found flames shooting from the windows of the vacant State Street building shortly after 1 p.m. They had the bulk of the fire knocked down within 15 minutes. No injuries were reported. Hackensack and Englewood firefighters were among the mutual aid responders.
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Lawsuit
: 65 Atlantic City Firefighters Exposed To
Covid-
19 Followed 'Ineffective' Approach
The Atlantic City firefighters union has filed a lawsuit saying the city took an "ineffective approach" to handling the COVID-19 pandemic after 65 firefighters were exposed to the virus. The city arranged rapid tests for firefighters directly exposed to six others who tested positive, and instructed those who tested negative to return to work, according to the suit filed in Atlantic County Superior Court. Filed by Local 198, the suit calls the approach to handling the virus "ineffective," and " jeopardized the health and safety of all firefighters, their families, and the general publi…
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Cliffside Park Apartment Fire Doused
Cliffside Park police braved thick smoke Saturday afternoon to get all residents of an apartment building out safely after a fire broke out in a unit being renovated. The fire broke out around 2 p.m. on the second floor of a four-story apartment building above a trio of storefronts at the corner of Anderson and Lincoln avenues. A paint thinner apparently caught fire, sending smoke through the hallways. Sgt. Chris Merrill dashed through the smoke to the upper floor to get residents out, while Officers Jason Messina and Marc Moschella and Deputy Chief Vincent Capano cleared the rest of the …
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Fire Destroys Abandoned Paterson Eastside Home
At least one firefighter was injured when a vacant home on Paterson's east side went up in flames Friday morning. The four-alarm blaze broke out around 9 a.m. in the abandoned, boarded-up building on Fair Street near Straight Street. It quickly consumed the upper floors of the 2½-story structure and eventually collapsed the roof. All visible flames were knocked down within 90 minutes as firefighters continued to douse hot spots. A demolition crew was summoned to raze the building. Among those providing mutual aid were firefighters from Clifton and Hawthorne. A firefighter was taken to St…
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Firefighters Douse Hackensack Apartment Blaze
Firefighters doused a roaring garden apartment blaze before dawn Saturday. City firefighters had to cut a fence behind the Main Street apartments and enter the property through the Target parking lot to conduct searches and ventilate the roof after the blaze broke out around 1:15 a.m. Firefighters extinguished heavy flames that shot out the window on the first floor and extended to the second. The two-alarm fire was knocked down within 25 minutes and declared under control within an hour. Three minor injuries were reported, including one involving a firefighter who responders said had dif…
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