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HEROES: Trapped Victim Rescued, Rushed To HUMC After Collapse At East Rutherford Site HEROES: Trapped Victim Rescued, Rushed To HUMC After Collapse At East Rutherford Site
Heroes: Trapped Victim Rescued, Rushed To Humc After Collapse At East Rutherford Site UPDATE: Firefighters rescued a trapped worker after a foundation wall collapsed at an East Rutherford construction site on Saturday. The wall gave way at a renovation project for a new restaurant on the Union Avenue site of the former Railroad Cafe -- pinning the worker from the waist down -- around 1:30 p.m. Oct. 28. Members of Hackensack Fire Department Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Rescue along with colleagues from several UASI departments worked together to free the trapped worker. Police in neighboring towns up the line closed intersections on northbound Route 17 as an ambula…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fire Ravages Roselle Apartment Building Fire Ravages Roselle Apartment Building
Fire Ravages Roselle Apartment Building A three-alarm fire tore through a Roselle apartment building Monday. Flames shot out of the 4-story building at 118 West 2nd Street, as firefighters from surrounding areas arrived around 11:15 a.m. The blaze ravaged the third and fourth floors as firefighters worked to contain it for more than an hour. The roof collapsed around 12:30 p.m., forcing some firefighters to evacuate, initial reports say. Roselle (Union) 118 west 2nd , 3rd Alarm plus Special call Elizabeth Ladder to scene. Evac Tones. pic.twitter.com/0ZMde0QRz4 — NorthJersey FireNews (@NJFires) March 1, 2021 Firefighters ha…

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by Cecilia Levine