Find Your Daily Voice
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park
Your Local News for Saddle Brook and Elmwood Park, New Jersey
Saturday, dec 28
37°
Follow
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Traffic
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park
Follow
Find Your Daily Voice
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Traffic
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Home
About us
All sites
Advertise with us
Contact us
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Code of ethics
Site Map
© 2024 Cantata Media
37°
Saturday, dec 28
Tag:
Bayonne Office of Emergency Management
Police & Fire
Eight Displaced, One Hospitalized In Weekend Bayonne House Fire
Eight residents were displaced and one was hospitalized for smoke inhalation after a massive fire over the weekend in Bayonne, authorities said. Firefighters responding to the house at 95 Hobart Ave. found smoke coming from the three-story, two-family house around 4:25 p.m., Bayonne Fire Chief Keith Weaver said. Firefighters used multiple handlines to extinguish the blaze, which was brought under control at 6:06 p.m., the chief said. While the occupants were able to self-evacuate, one was treated for smoke inhalation. The building was temporarily uninhabitable, leaving eight resi…
Police & Fire
45 NJ Transit Passengers Escorted Off Train In Bayonne (
Photos
)
Firefighters escorted 45 NJ Transit passengers off a train after wires fell on it Friday, June 17 in Bayonne, authorities said. The Hudson Bergen Line Rail train became disabled around 4:30 p.m. when wires fell on it just south of the 45th Street station, Bayonne Fire Chief Keith Weaver said. Posted by Bayonne Office of Emergency Management on Friday, June 17, 2022 Posted by Bayonne Office of Emergency Management on Friday, June 17, 2022 Transit police set up a command post at the station and dispatched engineers to the scene. Once the electricity was secured, Bayonne Fire, utiliz…
Police & Fire
Propane Tank Sparks Bayonne House Fire, 6 Displaced
Six people were displaced and one person suffered minor injuries in a Bayonne house fire sparked by a propane tank Saturday, authorities said. Firefighters arrived to heavy fire and smoke billowing from the third floor of the home at 42 Trask Ave., when they arrived at 12:03 p.m., Bayonne Fire Chief Keith Weaver said. Companies stretched three hose lines to extinguish the fire and prevent it from spreading to nearby houses. The heavy fire and smoke condition was caused by a propane tank on the rear deck, which added fuel to the fire, Weaver said. The fire was placed under contr…
Police & Fire
Bayonne Man, 19, Dies In Bridge Plunge
UPDATE: A body pulled from the water beneath the Bayonne Bridge over the weekend was that of a 19-year-old city man, friends and loved ones confirmed. Rescuers who responded to a report of a jumper shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday got help from a tug boat operator after the body was spotted in the Kill Van Kull just east of the bridge, Deputy Fire Chief Bill Bartos said. Bayonne Fire Boat Marine 1 pulled alongside the vessel, collected the body and brought it to the boat launch at 16th Street Park. The victim had been mugged earlier in the week and wasn't carrying a wallet or cellp…
Police & Fire
First Responders Rush To Rescue Bayonne Bridge Jumper
Responders rushed to rescue a person who jumped from the Bayonne Bridge just before 2 p.m. Saturday. Arriving units found individuals on a tug boat in the Kill van Kull pulling the victim aboard, located just east of the bridge, Bayonne Fire Department Deputy Chief Bill Bartos said. Bayonne Fire Boat Marine 1 pulled up aside the vessel and transferred the person to their boat. Firefighters provided medical care on the person as they headed towards the boat launch at 16th Street Park, where they were met by EMS. The unidentified individual did not survive, Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Da…
Police & Fire
11 Residents Displaced In Bayonne House Fire
Nearly a dozen people were displaced in a Bayonne fire early Christmas Morning. Flames consumed the rear portion of the first floor of 9 Andrew St., when crews arrived around 2 a.m. Friday, Dec. 25, Bayonne Fire Chief Keith Weaver said. Firefighters stretched multiple hand-lines in to the building, keeping the blaze from spreading to the second floor and adjacent building. The fire reached two alarms as crews conducted an extensive overhaul, in search of hidden pockets of fire in the walls and ceiling spaces of the building. Eleven people were displaced and are …
37°
