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Police & Fire
Swimmers Drown In North Jersey Lake Swimmers Drown In North Jersey Lake
Swimmers Drown In North Jersey Lake A trip to a North Jersey lake turned deadly for two swimmers on Tuesday, June 14. Bodies of the 17- and- 22-year-old Hispanic males were recovered from the waters of Mine Hill Beach in the evening hours, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. The pair had gone in with a group at the sand pits around 5:20 p.m. and never came out, launching an intensive search that was complicated by the vegetation below the surface. The body of one swimmer was recovered hours later, and then the other, Carroll said. Additional identifying information is pending further investigation and noti…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Teen, Sibling Escape Parsippany House Fire Teen, Sibling Escape Parsippany House Fire
Teen, Sibling Escape Parsippany House Fire A teenager and a a younger sibling called 911 after a fire broke out at their Parsippany home, ultimately displacing the family, authorities said. The two were on the second floor of the Allentown Road home when they smelled smoke just before fire alarms went off around 5:40 p.m. Thursday, Parsippany police said. The pair was able to get out uninjured as heavy smoke billowed from the kitchen window, authorities said. The children told officers their cat may still be inside. Two officers tried to go back in for the cat but could not do so safely due to fire and heavy smoke, authorities said…

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by Cecilia Levine