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Wildfire Smoke Blankets Bergen County As Pompton Lakes Blaze Grows To 100 Acres Wildfire Smoke Blankets Bergen County As Pompton Lakes Blaze Grows To 100 Acres
Wildfire Smoke Blankets Bergen County As Pompton Lakes Blaze Grows To 100 Acres Residents across North Jersey are facing worsening air quality due to smoke from a major wildfire burning in Pompton Lakes.  UPDATE: Unhealthy Air Quality Levels Reported In North Jersey As New 1,800-Acre Wildfire Rages Smoke from the Pompton Lakes wildfire. North Jersey Video Service or NJVS Dubbed the "Cannonball 3 Wildfire," the blaze has expanded to 100 acres with no containment, as per the latest update from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. By late Friday night, Nov. 8, smoke from the raging Passaic County wildfire drifted as far as Fair Lawn, Hackensack, New Milfo…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
LAWSUIT: Morris County Tenants Claim Home Gave Young Daughters Lead Poisoning LAWSUIT: Morris County Tenants Claim Home Gave Young Daughters Lead Poisoning
Lawsuit: Morris County Tenants Claim Home Gave Young Daughters Lead Poisoning A Parsippany landlord is being sued by tenants who say he allowed them to live in a house with lead-based paint that poisoned the family’s 2- and 5-year old daughters -- then tried evicting them to avoid accountability, according to a report in the DailyRecord. Elida Rodriguez and Luis Jimenez have been living in a Dover home owned by Efrain and Eda Umanzor of Parsippany for almost 10 years, the report says. Their older daughter Joseline was initially diagnosed with lead poisoning in September of 2017. Genesis showed signs of poisoning in her blood in August 2018, less than a year…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Refrigerant Leak Clears Fair Lawn HS Refrigerant Leak Clears Fair Lawn HS
Refrigerant Leak Clears Fair Lawn HS A refrigerant leak briefly cleared Fair Lawn High School Monday morning. The Freon leak, discovered around 8:30 a.m., was traced to an HVAC unit on the roof, which "caused a smoke condition on the second floor," one responder said. The building was ventilated and the all-clear was given to return shortly after 9 a.m. No injuries were reported. Fair Lawn police and firefighters were among the responders. ****** ALSO SEE: A battery on a piece of construction equipment in a Fair Lawn warehouse exploded Monday night, sending a worker flying, authorities said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jer…

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by Jerry DeMarco