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Paramus Garage Fire Doused Paramus Garage Fire Doused
Paramus Garage Fire Doused Paramus firefighters made quick work of a detached garage blaze early Saturday afternoon. The smoky, two-alarm fire ignited in the attic area of the two-car garage on Broad Avenue off North Fairview Avenue near Route 17 around 12:30 p.m. Oct. 14. Firefighters cut their way in and had the blaze knocked in under a half hour. No injuries were reported. The Paramus Police Emergency Services unit responded with borough firefighters. Coverage was handled by mutual aid responders. The Paramus Fire Prevention Bureau is investigating the cause. Paramus's bravest quickly knocked the fire on B…
Neighbors Help Hydrate Firefighters Dousing Garage Blaze In Mahwah Neighbors Help Hydrate Firefighters Dousing Garage Blaze In Mahwah
Neighbors Help Hydrate Firefighters Dousing Garage Blaze In Mahwah Neighbors brought water bottles and firefighters from Rockland joined their colleagues on the New Jersey side of the border in dousing a garage blaze in Mahwah. The fire broke out on Sherwood Avenue, a mile from the state line, shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 5. Working swiftly in the 90-degree heat, crews needed less than 10 minutes to keep the blaze from doing serious damage to the home just 10 feet away. Mahwah Rescue and the township's other fire companies all responded.  Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Allendale, Franklin Lak…
'57 Chevy Among Antique Vehicles Destroyed In Pre-Dawn Garfield Garage Fire: Responders '57 Chevy Among Antique Vehicles Destroyed In Pre-Dawn Garfield Garage Fire: Responders
'57 Chevy Among Antique Vehicles Destroyed In Pre-Dawn Garfield Garage Fire: Responders A vicious pre-dawn Bergen County garage fire exacted a steep sentimental price. THE quintessential American greaser car -- a 1957 Bel Air -- was destroyed along with another antique Chevy and a motorcycle in the overnight fire in Garfield, responders said. The fire broke out on the second floor of the detached Cedar Street garage off Belmont Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, May 1. The fire broke out on the second floor of the Cedar Street garage in Garfield shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, May 1.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Firefighters had it knocked down in just under a half hour and …
Little Ferry Garage Fire Doused Little Ferry Garage Fire Doused
Little Ferry Garage Fire Doused A detached garage fire in Little Ferry severely damaged two vehicles and was doused before it could do serious damage to the home, responders said. The smoky, two-alarm blaze broke out on Roosevelt Street near Redneck Avenue around 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3. It was declared under control about 90 minutes later, with some extension to the home and a fence. At the scene of the garage fire on Roosevelt Street in Little Ferry.Wood-Ridge FD Two vehicles were severely damaged in the Roosevelt Street garage fire in Little Ferry.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE A Toyota Tundra pickup truck and older-…
Hawthorne Firefighters Protect Home From Garage Blaze Hawthorne Firefighters Protect Home From Garage Blaze
Hawthorne Firefighters Protect Home From Garage Blaze Hawthorne firefighters quickly doused a detached garage fire, protecting a borough home. The blaze broke out in a garage on Summer Street behind the homeowner's Lafayette Avenue residence around 10 p.m. Friday, April 29. Firefighters split the work dousing the garage fire and protecting the rear of the home. They knocked down the main body of the fire within 15 minutes, and the blaze was declared under control at 10:20 p.m. Overhaul was completed less than an hour later. No injuries were reported. The Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary and borough polic…
Sports Car Totaled In Bergen Garage Fire Sports Car Totaled In Bergen Garage Fire
Sports Car Totaled In Bergen Garage Fire UPDATE: Firefighters doused a Friday night garage fire off Route 17 in Wood-Ridge that totaled a performance sports car. The call came in from Hackensack Street off Anderson Avenue a minute before 6 p.m. Firefighters cut their way into the detached garage and extinguished the blaze, which destroyed a later-model red Dodge Viper -- some models of which carry price tags well over $100,000. No injuries were reported or cause immediately determined. Fire officials were investigating. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Carlstadt, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Lodi, Moonachie a…
Fire Ravages Wyckoff Garage Fire Ravages Wyckoff Garage
Fire Ravages Wyckoff Garage Fire ravaged a detached garage at a Wyckoff home. An occupant of the home got out OK and no injuries were reported in the two-alarm blaze, which broke out around 2 p.m. Tuesday on Sherwood Lane off Crescent and Franklin avenues and was quickly knocked down. An ATV was consumed and the home sustained some heat damage. Waldwick firefighters joined their Wyckoff colleagues at the scene. Firefighters quickly knocked down the Sherwood Lane blaze in Wyckoff.WYCKOFF VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT
Firefighters Knock Ridgewood Garage Blaze Firefighters Knock Ridgewood Garage Blaze
Firefighters Knock Ridgewood Garage Blaze Firefighters doused a Ridgewood garage blaze Thursday afternoon. The smoky fire broke out on Franklin Turnpike off Banta Street around 2:30 p.m. A HoHoKus FAST team joined village firefighters, who quickly extinguished the blaze. No injuries were reported. 498 Franklin Turnpike, RidgewoodBoyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE On Franklin Turnpike at Banta Street in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. ****** ALSO SEE: Sparks flew in Glen Rock after an unlicensed Ridgewood hit-and-run driver struck a utility pole with his…
Unidentified Man's Body Found In Clifton Garage Fire Unidentified Man's Body Found In Clifton Garage Fire
Unidentified Man's Body Found In Clifton Garage Fire Authorities were trying to identify a man whose body was found following a garage fire in Clifton. The man's body was found in a car parked in the detached garage behind a 2½-story home at 44 Seger Ave. Wednesday, they said. Firefighters doused the heavily-involved blaze, which was called in at 5:42 p.m.  No other injuries were reported. The cause hadn't officially been determined, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi and Clifton Fire Chief Frank Prezioso said in a brief release. An investigation was continuing.
Paramus House Fire Doused Paramus House Fire Doused
Paramus House Fire Doused Firefighters doused a Paramus house blaze on Tuesday. The smoky fire apparently broke out in an attached garage and extended into the attic of the Behnke Avenue home shortly after 11 a.m. Firefighters had the bulk of the two-alarm blaze knocked down within 45 minutes. It was declared under control about five minutes later. No injuries were reported. No injuries were reported.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Mutual aid responders at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Emerson, Maywood, Oradell, River Edge and Washington Township, authorities said. 180 Behnke Avenue, P…