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Mahwah Firefighters Move Indian Camp Propane Tanks To Protect Ramapo River Mahwah Firefighters Move Indian Camp Propane Tanks To Protect Ramapo River
Mahwah Firefighters Move Indian Camp Propane Tanks To Protect Ramapo River MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah firefighters secured several propane tanks Saturday amid concerns that they'd float into the Ramapo River, which supplies water for millions of people in New Jersey and New York. Firefighters moved the tanks after being called to the Split Rock Sweetwater Prayer Camp, west of Route 202 in the Ramapo Mountains, where the recent rain and melted snow raised fears of serious flooding. The area is the first along the Ramapo River in Mahwah that floods -- and, some fear, could someday be washed out completely. The Ramapough Lenape Nation camp, on what is considered a sacre…

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by Jerry DeMarco