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Air Conditioner Blocks Firefighters From Rescuing Victim In Sussex County Blaze Air Conditioner Blocks Firefighters From Rescuing Victim In Sussex County Blaze
Air Conditioner Blocks Firefighters From Rescuing Victim In Sussex County Blaze Firefighters had no choice but to brave the flames and smoke ravaging a Sussex County home in order to rescue a victim this weekend. The blaze in the Lake Lackawanna section of Byram Township was one of two for firefighters on Saturday, Nov. 18. This one broke out around 3:51 a.m., the local fire department said. While firefighters initially tried to rescue the trapped occupant with a ladder on the second floor through a window, a police officer pointed out that an air condition blocked access. And so, firefighters entered the home to make the rescue, as police officers banged on the home…

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by Cecilia Levine
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2-Alarm Fire Ravages Morris County Apartment Building — Again (PHOTOS) 2-Alarm Fire Ravages Morris County Apartment Building — Again (PHOTOS)
2-Alarm Fire Ravages Morris County Apartment Building — Again (Photos) An investigation is underway after a Morris County apartment building caught fire for the second time since last year, authorities said. Byram Township firefighters responded to the two-alarm blaze at the Village Green Apartments in Budd Lake just after 5:30 a.m. on Monday, April 11, the department said. “Ironically, this was the same apartment we responded to a fire last year,” the department said. Emergency crews from several surrounding towns doused a cooking oil fire in building 2 of the same Budd Lake apartment complex in January of 2021, DailyVoice.com reported. Crews worked dilige…

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by Valerie Musson
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2 Hurt In Warren County Head-On Crash 2 Hurt In Warren County Head-On Crash
2 Hurt In Warren County Head-On Crash Two people were hurt in a head-on crash in Warren County Sunday morning, authorities said. The vehicles collided on Waterloo Road near Colony Road in Allamuchy Township, the local fire department said. The victims were evaluated at the scene while emergency crews cleared a minor fluid spill. Byram Fire and Allamuchy Fire. were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with injuries on Waterloo Rd in the area of... Posted by Byram Twp Fire Department on Sunday, March 13, 2022 The victims were identified as a 51-year-old Stanhope man and a 26-year-old Andover woman, WRNJ reports citing NJS…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Former North Jersey Dispatcher, Beloved Dad Of 3 Robert Yeager Dies After COVID Battle, 38 Former North Jersey Dispatcher, Beloved Dad Of 3 Robert Yeager Dies After COVID Battle, 38
Former North Jersey Dispatcher, Beloved Dad Of 3 Robert Yeager Dies After COVID Battle, 38 Former North Jersey communications dispatcher and beloved father of three Robert Yeager died of COVID-19 complications at St. Claire’s Hospital on Dec. 22. He was 38. Born and raised in Chester, Yeager previously worked as a corrections officer for the Morris County Sheriff's Office and later as a communications dispatcher, according to a GoFundMe launched for his family. Yeager had most recently lived in Byram and worked for the township’s school district while pursuing his lifelong passion of photography, according to the campaign, which had raised more than $35,500 in less than 24 hours…

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by Valerie Musson