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Photos: Garfield House Fire Rekindles Hours Later

GARFIELD, N.J. -- A fire that broke out overnight Tuesday in a Garfield home under renovation rekindled just before dawn, responders said. 

Flames shot through the attic roof.

Flames shot through the attic roof.

 Photo Credit: Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE
No injuries were reported.

No injuries were reported.

 Photo Credit: Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE
The home was extensively damaged.

The home was extensively damaged.

 Photo Credit: James Zangara
The single-family home was under renovation.

The single-family home was under renovation.

 Photo Credit: Jerry DeMarco
At the scene.

At the scene.

 Photo Credit: Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE
It first ignited just after 10:30 p.m., displacing a tenant, then kicked up again just after 5 a.m.

It first ignited just after 10:30 p.m., displacing a tenant, then kicked up again just after 5 a.m.

 Photo Credit: Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE
Jerry DeMarco

No injuries were reported.

The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigations Unit responded to the Grace Avenue blaze, with members of the county sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collecting evidence.

The attic fire first ignited just after 10:30 p.m., displacing a tenant, then kicked up again just after 5 a.m., blowing through the roof, responders said.

Damien Danis contributed to this article.

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ALSO SEE: A boy riding a bicycle was struck and killed by a box truck (in photo) Tuesday afternoon in Garfield, authorities confirmed.

https://garfield.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/update-boy-on-bicycle-killed-by-truck-in-garfield/736169/

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