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SEE ANYTHING? Arson Investigators Probe String Of Suspicious Fires At Bergen Park SEE ANYTHING? Arson Investigators Probe String Of Suspicious Fires At Bergen Park
SEE Anything? Arson Investigators Probe String Of Suspicious Fires At Bergen Park A half-dozen suspicious fires at a county park in Elmwood Park over the past several months have drawn the scrutiny of local and county investigators. No one was injured in any of the brush fires that began last December at Artesian Fields, a passive park with walking and running trails, said Police Chief Michael Foligno, who is also the borough administrator. The most recent was mid-Friday morning. Elmwood Park firefighters doused them all relatively quickly, Foligno said. Foligno's detectives are investigating with their colleagues from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigation…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Man Charged With Setting Series Of Fires In Linden UPDATE: Man Charged With Setting Series Of Fires In Linden
Update: Man Charged With Setting Series Of Fires In Linden UPDATE, Aug. 1: A Roselle man has been charged with setting the fires. Click here for more.  Original story is below:  Firefighters in Linden and neighboring towns handled a string of fires Thursday night that police say appear to be suspicious.  No one was hurt in any of the fires.  The first in the series of blazes occurred at 809 N. Wood Ave. around 10 p.m., said Lt. Christopher Guenther of the Linden Police Department. The building was unoccupied, but police said neighbors were evacuated safely as a precaution.  An empty house on Seymour Avenue went up n…

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by Paul Milo