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Billy Rice Jr.
Police & Fire
Popcorn Machine Clears Paramus AMC; Off-Duty Firefighter Jumps Into Action
An off-duty firefighter helped knock down a fire that broke out in the AMC Garden State 16 Friday caused by a faulty popcorn machine, authorities said. Paramus Volunteer Firefighter Billy Rice Jr. was watching a movie with his wife when a commercial popcorn machine began to malfunction -- filling the theater with smoke, Fire Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Rice -- a paid firefighter for the Hackensack Police Department -- grabbed several fire extinguishers and used them to knock the fire down until the Paramus Fire Department arrived, the chief said. Firefighters evacuated the theater, whic…