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Clifton Fire Department
Police & Fire
Flames Shoot From Roof Of Clifton Home
A fire ripped through the roof of a Clifton home early Monday, Aug. 26. Photos from the scene show flames blowing through the roof of the Madeline Avenue house around 2 a.m. Clifton units operated at an early morning structure fire on the east side of the city, shortly after 2 AM. The fire was placed under control within 2 hours with the help of mutual aid from surrounding towns. Posted by Clifton Fire Department on Monday, August 26, 2024 Firefighters say the multi-alarm blaze was placed under control in under two hours with help from companies in surrounding towns.
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Route 3 Crash With Explosions Kills Tractor-Trailer Driver In Clifton (
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A Linden man was killed when his tractor-trailer crashed and exploded in Clifton, authorities said. The truck crashed into a barrier and caught fire on Route 3 West near Valley Road and Grove Street at around 9:07 a.m. on Monday, July 22, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said in a news release. The 55-year-old man's body was found after Clifton firefighters put out the flames. Absolutely wild scene where Route 46 turns into Route 3 in New Jersey.Great job by Clifton police and fire department to act quick and swiftly getting the cars out of the way@NJTRANSIT @njdo…
Police & Fire
Two Trapped, Killed In Fierce Passaic Apartment Fire
Two people were killed in a ferocious garden apartment fire in Passaic on Sunday. The fire apparently broke out on the first floor in back of the two-story Spruce Street building and instantly spread to the second floor and a cockloft -- trapping the victims -- shortly before 9:30 a.m. March 3. A vehicle just outside the brick structure also caught fire. A battalion chief reported heavy fire and smoke right from the get-go. The adult victims' bodies were found soon after, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. They were pronounced dead at the scene. 16 Spruce Street, Passaic Damien …
Police & Fire
Firefighters On Rescue Mission Airlifted After Going Over Falls In Passaic River
Two Clifton firefighters on a rescue mission in the Passaic River were themselves rescued by a New Jersey State Police helicopter Wednesday afternoon after their boat went over the falls at the Dundee Dam. Both were taken to an area hospital with injuries that weren’t believed to be life-threatening following the treacherous late-afternoon operation on June 28. Contractors apparently were clearing trees at the top of the 20-foot high Dundee Dam -- which dumps tons of water into a lower section of the Passaic River in Garfield -- when their boat got snagged, responders said. Firefighters f…
Police & Fire
Vehicles Incinerated, Little Falls Firefighters Prevent Far Worse Damage
What could've become a far worse situation was prevented after a group of parked vehicles caught fire in Little Falls. Citizens can thank a group of township firefighters. Flames incinerated the vehicles at the Overlook at Great Notch corporate center off eastbound Route 46 in the late afternoon Friday, May 12 "This could have been so much worse," Mayor James Belford Damiano said, "but the Fire Department once again saved the day." No injuries were reported. Authorities are investigating the cause. Clifton firefighters provided mutual aid. ****** DID WE MISS ANY? Information about mutu…
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Passaic House Fire Doused
Friends said a woman and her teenage children lost most of their belonging when a July 4th weekend fire damaged their Passaic home. Firefighters quickly got to the Third Street address off Essex Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. and had the fire under control in barely a half-hour. They limited the fire damage to the first floor, where the blaze apparently began, and the second floor, which sustained heavy smoke damage. No injuries were reported. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Clifton, Paterson and Wallington. City fire officials were investigating the cause. The 3rd…
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SUV Crash Downs Pole, Tree In Clifton
A passenger was hospitalized after an SUV toppled a telephone pole in Clifton. The Acura MDX also took down a tree and strung wires across Van Houten Avenue outside Van Houten Village at Mohegan Street around 5 p.m. Sunday, March 13. The victim complained of leg and ankle pain. Clifton police, firefighters and EMS responded.
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Armed, Drunk Ex-Con Arrested After Being Thrown From Motorcycle, Clifton PD Says
An ex-con with a long criminal history was drunk and carrying a gun and illegal drugs when he was ejected from his motorcycle in Clifton, authorities said. A city police officer was on patrol when he saw Delshon Coleman, 36, of Passaic drive erratically before being thrown from his 2008 Suzuki after coming to an abrupt stop on Paulison Avenue near Madison Avenue shortly after 9 p.m., Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Officers quickly attended to an intoxicated and unlicensed Coleman, who refused further aid when a Clifton Fire Department ambulance crew arrived, Anderson said. Coleman refused alco…
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Found
! Missing Clifton Boy, 12, With Autism Found In Secaucus
A Clifton mother finally exhaled when her missing 12-year-old son was found safe in Secaucus, authorities said. The boy, who is on the autism spectrum, apparently boarded a New Jersey Transit bus on Market Street around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, they said. Clifton police notified Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes’s Child Abduction Response Team while they and city firefighters continued searching for the boy, the prosecutor said in a joint statement Wednesday with Clifton Police Chief Thomas A. Rinaldi, New Jersey Transit Police Chief Christopher Trucillo and Clifton Fire Chief Fran…
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Unidentified Man's Body Found In Clifton Garage Fire
Authorities were trying to identify a man whose body was found following a garage fire in Clifton. The man's body was found in a car parked in the detached garage behind a 2½-story home at 44 Seger Ave. Wednesday, they said. Firefighters doused the heavily-involved blaze, which was called in at 5:42 p.m. No other injuries were reported. The cause hadn't officially been determined, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi and Clifton Fire Chief Frank Prezioso said in a brief release. An investigation was continuing.
Police & Fire
Arson Investigators Charge Clifton Man In Fires
Arson investigators arrested a 25-year-old Clifton man Thursday and charged him with a pair of overnight garbage can fires on the same block, one of which spread to an adjoining home. Mario A. Palma-Sanchez remained held pending a first appearance Friday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson on aggravated arson charges after surveillance images helped identify him, authorities said. Palma-Sanchez ignited two fires in trash cans the night of March 30 on Highland Avenue, one of which damaged an apartment and displaced a family, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes,…
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: Arson Investigators Charge Clifton Man In Fires
BUSTED! Arson investigators arrested a 25-year-old Clifton man Thursday and charged him with a pair of overnight garbage can fires on the same block, one of which spread to an adjoining home. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/southpassaic/police-fire/arson-investigators-charge-clifton-man-in-fires/786373/ Mario A. Palma-SanchezPASSAIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR ****** Authorities turned to the public for help Thursday in trying to identify an arsonist who they said set two overnight fires in Clifton. Detectives investigating the Monday Highland Avenue garbage can blazes – one at 3:30 a.m. and …
Police & Fire
Clifton PD: One Robbery Victim Pistol-Whipped Returning From Work, Other Stabbed After Church
A Clifton resident returning home before dawn was pistol-whipped and beaten unconscious by two masked robbers, said city police who sought witnesses. The 30-something victim, who was hospitalized with severe cuts on his face and head, told police he was attacked as he got out of his car on Fair Hill Road around 5:15 a.m. Sunday. One of the robbers hit him with a handgun during the beating, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. At one point, the victim apparently lost consciousness, Bracken said. His attackers then fled in at least one vehicle, he said. A Clifton Fire Department ambulance too…
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? Clifton Gas Thief Closes Window On Attendant's Arm, Drags Him 30 Feet
A Clifton service station attendant was dragged 30 feet by a woman who deliberately closed the window on his arm and sped off after getting $20 worth of gas, authorities said. Police were hoping someone saw something or has information that can help catch her. The dilapidated vehicle – possibly a Nissan Sentra with Pennsylvania licenses plates -- pulled into the Piaget Avenue (Route 46) Gulf station at the intersection of Seventh Street around 9:30 p.m. Monday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. “When the attendant reached into the driver's window to accept payment, the driver closed the wi…
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