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Jersey City Building Owner Conducted Work Without Permit Days Before Blaze: Officials Jersey City Building Owner Conducted Work Without Permit Days Before Blaze: Officials
Jersey City Building Owner Conducted Work Without Permit Days Before Blaze: Officials The owner of a Jersey City building destroyed in a four-alarm fire earlier this month has been fined by the city for conducting roof work without a permit two days before the blaze. The building at 197 Olean Ave., was one of three buildings damaged in the April 5 fire that left 17 people displaced and sent black smoke billowing across the sky.  The city's Fire Prevention and Arson Units investigation determined the fire was accidental, Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione, press secretary for the mayor's office said. The building at 197 Olean Ave was demolished the night of t…