Parking garage fire clears Carlstadt Econo Lodge

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No one was injured after arcing electrical wires ignited a pile of old carpeting stored with construction supplies in a parking garage beneath a Carlstadt hotel just before noon, authorities said.

Jerry DeMarco

01/13/2015 6:26 p.m.

Twenty or so guests of the Econo Lodge on Washington Avenue were temporarily relocated to a vacant building across the street, with more expected throughout the day, as firefighters battled the two-alarm blaze, which spread to the first floor above the garage.

PHOTO: Joey Ventura

The building remained without power for several hours.

Carlstadt, Moonachie and Wallington fire companies were among the responders.

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PHOTO: Joey Ventura

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