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Rutherford Fire Department

UPDATE: Stolen Car Chase Ends In Fiery Crash, Two In Custody On Route 3 UPDATE: Stolen Car Chase Ends In Fiery Crash, Two In Custody On Route 3
Update: Stolen Car Chase Ends In Fiery Crash, Two In Custody On Route 3 A stolen car chase from Belleville to Rutherford before dawn Sunday ended with a fiery crash and two arrests, authorities said. Three occupants bailed out of the stolen SUV and fled into a nearby residential area following the crash on eastbound Route 3 just west of Orient Way shortly before 1:30 a.m. Oct. 30, the witnesses said. Rutherford Police Lt. David Dovato nabbed one of them. A Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 Unit grabbed the other. Both were turned over to Belleville police. The third suspect got away. On eastbound Route 3 near Orient Way in Rutherford.RUTHERFORD FIRE DEPT No seri…
Overnight House Fire Doused In East Rutherford Overnight House Fire Doused In East Rutherford
Overnight House Fire Doused In East Rutherford Firefighters doused an overnight house blaze in East Rutherford. The broke out on in a second-floor bathroom and pushed through the attic of the Washington Place home near Randolph Avenue shortly after 2 a.m., responders said. Firefighters knocked the three-alarm blaze down within a little over a half-hour and extinguished it a short time later. No injuries were reported. Their colleagues from Rutherford and Wallington were among the mutual aid responders, according to initial reports. (NOTE: If any other departments responded, either at the scene or in coverage, please notify jdemarco@…
Overnight Fire Severely Damages Lyndhurst Home Overnight Fire Severely Damages Lyndhurst Home
Overnight Fire Severely Damages Lyndhurst Home The first-floor residents of a Lyndhurst house being renovated made it to safety without injury overnight Tuesday after a fire broke out upstairs. Investigators suspect oil-soaked rags improperly discarded by contractors staining the upper residence’s floors might be responsible for the Summit Avenue blaze, Police Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. All three adult residents downstairs got out OK after the sound of glass breaking from the flames woke one of them just after 1:45 a.m., he said. “The second floor was vacant and under renovation,” Auteri said. “A contractor was on the premises…