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Bayonne Fire Leaves 19 Homeless, No Injuries Reported Bayonne Fire Leaves 19 Homeless, No Injuries Reported
Bayonne Fire Leaves 19 Homeless, No Injuries Reported Firefighters worked in frigid conditions Thursday to contain a blaze that tore through the top floor of a three-story building in Bayonne, Chief Keith Weaver said in a statement.  Firefighters arrived at 247 Broadway around 1:24 p.m. and saw flames pouring from the top windows of the building. Working from outside the structure, firefighters brought the two-alarm blaze under control in about 40 minutes.  An adjacent building sustained water damage but the fire itself was kept to 247 Broadway, Weaver said. The damage was so extensive the city building department determined tha…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Nearly Two Dozen, Including Several Kids, Displaced By Jersey City Fire Nearly Two Dozen, Including Several Kids, Displaced By Jersey City Fire
Nearly Two Dozen, Including Several Kids, Displaced By Jersey City Fire Firefighters in Jersey City contained a residential blaze in less than an hour Tuesday but the home sustained heavy water damage, a city spokeswoman said.  The JCFD responded to 113 Ocean Ave., a three-story building, around 12:30 p.m. The fire was confined to a front bedroom on the third floor.  No one was injured, but the home sustained heavy water damage from the activated fire sprinklers. The Red Cross was helping a total of 9 adults and 12 children relocate.   The cause of the fire was still under investigation Tuesday afternoon. 

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by Paul Milo