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Hackensack Firefighters Make Quick Work Of Late-Night Memorial Day Blaze Hackensack Firefighters Make Quick Work Of Late-Night Memorial Day Blaze
Hackensack Firefighters Make Quick Work Of Late-Night Memorial Day Blaze Hackensack firefighters quickly doused a late-night Memorial Day apartment blaze. The first arriving companies extinguished the second-floor blaze at The Summit on Prospect -- formerly known as the Quail Heights Apartments -- on Prospect Street shortly before 11 p.m. There was smoke and water damage down to the lower level, one tenant said. No injuries were reported. The official cause wasn't immediately determined, although a tenant said she thought it was electrical. No injuries were reported in the Memorial Day fire at the Quail Heights Apartments on Prospect Avenue in Hackensack.D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Arson Suspected In Hackensack Apartment Fire, Responders Say Arson Suspected In Hackensack Apartment Fire, Responders Say
Arson Suspected In Hackensack Apartment Fire, Responders Say A pack of matches reportedly found outside a Hackensack apartment that was destroyed by fire brought arson investigators. Hackensack firefighters said they had the two-alarm, fifth-floor blaze at The Newport Apartments on Prospect Street under control within a half hour after it ignited at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. No serious injuries were reported, they said. Units above and below sustained some damage. Mutual aid fire companies from Englewood and Teaneck assisted. A Hackensack University Medical Center ambulance also was on standby. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigations Uni…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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STANDOFF: Victim Escapes, SWAT Team Captures Barricaded Man With Knife In Hackensack Apartment STANDOFF: Victim Escapes, SWAT Team Captures Barricaded Man With Knife In Hackensack Apartment
Standoff: Victim Escapes, SWAT Team Captures Barricaded Man With Knife In Hackensack Apartment A standoff of several hours ended before dawn Saturday when a Bergen County Regional SWAT team captured a man who police said threatened a woman with a knife at a Hackensack high-rise The 28-year-old victim, who'd been held against her will, was hospitalized with minor injuries after she escaped, Lt. Ben Marino said. Arnel Reyes, 28, was also hospitalized in police custody after the tactical unit burst into Quail Heights Apartments unit on Prospect Street and pepper-sprayed him shortly before 4 a.m. Police got the call around 11:30 p.m. and found Reyes barricaded in the apartment, Marino s…

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by Jerry DeMarco