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Trash Disposal Business Owner Pinned, Killed Working On Garbage Truck In Central Jersey: Police Trash Disposal Business Owner Pinned, Killed Working On Garbage Truck In Central Jersey: Police
Trash Disposal Business Owner Pinned, Killed Working On Garbage Truck In Central Jersey: Police The 67-year-old owner of a garbage collection business was killed while working on a company truck, authorities said. Kenneth Buratti of Piscataway was pinned by a hydraulic arm attached to a garbage collection truck at 8:31 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9,, according to Middlesex police. Police received a 9-1-1 call from an employee at Bridgewater Disposal, 1 South Raritan Ave. reporting the machinery accident,  Buratti was performing maintenance on a truck when the accident occurred, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Representatives from the Middlesex County Medica…

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2 Families Displaced By Apartment House Fire In Central Jersey 2 Families Displaced By Apartment House Fire In Central Jersey
2 Families Displaced By Apartment House Fire In Central Jersey Two families were left homeless by a fire that ripped through a Central Jersey apartment building, authorities said.  The fire broke out at 3:21 p.m. Sunday at Middlesex Village Apartments on Wellington Street. Middlesex police received numerous 9-1-1 calls about smoke at the apartments. Police arrived and found a working structure fire in apartment 51B, which was unoccupied.  Residents in adjacent units were quickly evacuated, police said. The Middlesex Fire Department responded and promptly extinguished the fire. The damage caused by the fire rendered apartmen…

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Middlesex Firefighters Knock Down Apartment Fire, Tenant Treated For Smoke Inhalation Middlesex Firefighters Knock Down Apartment Fire, Tenant Treated For Smoke Inhalation
Middlesex Firefighters Knock Down Apartment Fire, Tenant Treated For Smoke Inhalation Middlesex Borough firefighters quickly knocked down a restaurant/apartment fire early Wednesday that injured one tenant, authorities said. Middlesex Police Department received a 9-1-1 call about 6 a.m. reporting smoke in a second floor apartment at 433 Lincoln Blvd. Officers found an active structure fire in the rear of the first floor of the building occupied by Sapore Ravioli & Cheese, police said. The building was evacuated. Middlesex Fire Department contained the fire and promptly extinguished it, according to Captain Frank DeNick, a Middlesex PD spokesman. Residen…

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Authorities: Middlesex Man, 59, Arrested For Setting 3 Fires Authorities: Middlesex Man, 59, Arrested For Setting 3 Fires
Authorities: Middlesex Man, 59, Arrested For Setting 3 Fires A man from Middlesex was arrested on Monday in connection with three fires set last week, authorities said. Christopher Ferraro, 59, of Middlesex has been charged with three counts of arson, one for each of the fires set on June 2, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and Middlesex Police Chief Matthew P. Geist of the Middlesex Police Department said in a statement. At investigation determined that between 10:15 p.m. and 11:14 p.m., last Tuesday, Ferraro set three fires in the area of Lincoln Boulevard and Union Avenue, Kuberiet and Geist sai…

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Perth Amboy Neighbors Raise Money For Families Displaced By Fire Perth Amboy Neighbors Raise Money For Families Displaced By Fire
Perth Amboy Neighbors Raise Money For Families Displaced By Fire Friends, family and neighbors of 30 victims of a weekend fire in Perth Amboy are raising money to support relocation of tenants who lost their apartments and belongings. At least two GoFuneMe fundraising campaigns have been launched for victims of the weekend fire that gutted two multi-family homes on Madison Avenue. The displaced families are being assisted by both the city and the American Red Cross. No residents were injured, fire officials said. One Perth Amboy fire captain was treated for a minor injury and released, they said. Two houses were destroyed by the afternoon fire that…

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by Jon Craig