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Fire Blows Through Roof Of Mixed-Use Building In Passaic, Nearly Two Dozen Displaced Fire Blows Through Roof Of Mixed-Use Building In Passaic, Nearly Two Dozen Displaced
Fire Blows Through Roof Of Mixed-Use Building In Passaic, Nearly Two Dozen Displaced UPDATE: What began as a basement fire quickly blew through the roof of a three-story mixed-use building in Passaic, displacing 21 residents. The fire began as a second alarmer, with heavy flames, in the basement at the corner of Passaic and Third streets shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 29. It went to three alarms after flames shot up the walls to the second and third floors, and then the attic, less than 20 minutes later. Firefighters quickly doused the blaze, but it rekindled on the roof about an hour into the operation. The fire at that point went to four alarms. Passaic firef…

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by Jerry DeMarco