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Passaic House Fire Doused Passaic House Fire Doused
Passaic House Fire Doused Friends said a woman and her teenage children lost most of their belonging when a July 4th weekend fire damaged their Passaic home. Firefighters quickly got to the Third Street address off Essex Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. and had the fire under control in barely a half-hour. They limited the fire damage to the first floor, where the blaze apparently began, and the second floor, which sustained heavy smoke damage. No injuries were reported. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Clifton, Paterson and Wallington. City fire officials were investigating the cause. The 3rd…

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Driver Critically Injured In Crash With Commuter Bus At Wood-Ridge/South Hackensack Border Driver Critically Injured In Crash With Commuter Bus At Wood-Ridge/South Hackensack Border
Driver Critically Injured In Crash With Commuter Bus At Wood-Ridge/South Hackensack Border A driver was critically injured in a multi-vehicle crash involving a commuter bus at the border of Wood-Ridge and South Hackensack. The driver apparently lost control of her 2010 Honda Accord, which hit another vehicle and then the NJ Transit bus No. 160 at Saddle River Avenue and South Main Street -- outside the Blush nightclub and across from St. Michael's Cemetery -- shortly before 8 p.m. Friday. The Wallington Emergency Squad took her to Hackensack University Medical Center. The bus driver wasn't injured, responders said. The NJ Transit bus driver was OK, responders said.James Woo…

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HEROES: Sedan Collides With Bus Off Route 17, Victim Extricated By East Rutherford Firefighters HEROES: Sedan Collides With Bus Off Route 17, Victim Extricated By East Rutherford Firefighters
Heroes: Sedan Collides With Bus Off Route 17, Victim Extricated By East Rutherford Firefighters PHOTOS: East Rutherford firefighters extricated a woman from a sedan that barreled down an embankment after hitting a New Jersey Transit bus on Friday. Witnesses said the Hyundai Elantra with New York State license plates collided with the bus at Enoch Street and Paterson Avenue just off southbound Route 17 after its driver blew a stop sign. The extricated victim was hospitalized with undetermined injuries after the sedan careened down the embankment at a Paterson Avenue construction site. xxxJames Wood Sr. for DAILY VOICE Nearly 20 passengers were picked up by another bus. James Wood…

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Firefighters Battle Meadowlands Brush Fire Firefighters Battle Meadowlands Brush Fire
Firefighters Battle Meadowlands Brush Fire UPDATE: The latest in a series of recent area brush fires was the biggest, as winds Friday night blew a blaze through a swath of the Meadowlands. The fire broke out shortly after 10 p.m. near the East Rutherford Public Works building off Murray Hill Parkway and Madison Circle Drive near Berry's Creek. East Rutherford firefighters thought they had most of the blaze knocked within 20 or so minutes. But a third alarm was called a little under an hour after it began. Winds kept the Meadowlands brush fire going.East Rutherford FD Off Murray Hill Parkway in East Rutherford.East Rutherfor…

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Firefighters Douse Overnight Blaze In Passaic Firefighters Douse Overnight Blaze In Passaic
Firefighters Douse Overnight Blaze In Passaic A fire that may have begun in a trash can ravaged a Passaic home before dawn Thursday. Eight family members fled the 2½-story home on De Bell Court without injury after the three-alarm blaze broke out shortly after 3:30 a.m. Smoke and flames poured from the front and side of the house after the fire ran up the walls to the attic. Firefighters had the blaze under control in a little over an hour. Firefighters had the blaze on De Bell Court in Passaic under control in a little over an hour.James Wood Sr. Mutual aid at the scene or in coverage of the city was provided by colleagues from …

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