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16th-Floor Fire Doused At Paterson High-Rise 16th-Floor Fire Doused At Paterson High-Rise
16th-Floor Fire Doused At Paterson High-Rise PHOTOS: No serious injuries were immediately reported in a Sunday night fire that ravaged a top-floor apartment of a Paterson high rise, responders said. The 16th-floor blaze broke out at the Riverview Towers building on Presidential Boulevard around 9 p.m., posing challenges overcome by city firefighters. Intense flames and smoke could be seen from the street as some residents on the floors below stood on their balconies for protection from possible smoke. Firefighters had the main body of two-alarm fire knocked down within 20 or so minutes and under control in under 40. Firefighters…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Trees Fall On Englewood House With Heart Attack Victim Inside HEROES: Trees Fall On Englewood House With Heart Attack Victim Inside
Heroes: Trees Fall On Englewood House With Heart Attack Victim Inside Two trees fell on an Englewood home during Tuesday afternoon's storm, blocking responders' path to a resident who'd just suffered a heart attack, authorities said. Englewood Police Officer Matthew Depetro hopped a railing to get inside the East Linden Avenue carriage house, where he found the unconscious 50-year-old victim shortly before 2:30 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The officer immediately began manual rescue breaths, Halstead said. Following Depetro moments later were city firefighters, who used a chain saw to remove what branches they could from a tree that was l…

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by Jerry DeMarco