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Burst Pipe Cuts Chanukah Celebration Short At Woodcliff Lake Hilton Burst Pipe Cuts Chanukah Celebration Short At Woodcliff Lake Hilton
Burst Pipe Cuts Chanukah Celebration Short At Woodcliff Lake Hilton Hundreds of guests had a weekend-long Chanukah celebration cut short when a pipe burst at the Woodcliff Lake Hilton. The event was part of an annual weekend-long gathering of 800 or so attendees who simply headed home early after sirens sounded near the end of Shabbos shortly after 5:30 p.m. Dec. 24. The cold apparently had burst a pipe, which sent water through a ceiling while disabling the sprinkler system at the popular hotel off Tice Boulevard. All power and water were shut off, responders said. The evacuation was smooth and orderly, they said. It wasn't immediately clear how many gue…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Morris County Travelodge Hotel Evacuated Following Balcony Collapse, Police Say Morris County Travelodge Hotel Evacuated Following Balcony Collapse, Police Say
Morris County Travelodge Hotel Evacuated Following Balcony Collapse, Police Say A Travelodge hotel in Morris County was evacuated Tuesday morning after a balcony collapsed, authorities said. The Parsippany District 5 Fire Department was called to the hotel just after 10:20 a.m. and confirmed that a balcony on the first floor of the north-facing side had collapsed. Initial reports corroborated by Parsippany Focus stated that the incident occurred at the Travelodge on Route 46 East. Firefighters began evacuating surrounding rooms on all floors of the hotel as the township’s building department responded to evaluate the damages. The front south-facing side of the hotel …

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by Valerie Musson