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GROUP HUG: Lyndhurst Pupils Thank First Responders For Saving Their School GROUP HUG: Lyndhurst Pupils Thank First Responders For Saving Their School
Group HUG: Lyndhurst Pupils Thank First Responders For Saving Their School First responders can sometimes have thankless jobs -- but not in Lyndhurst, where they were applauded by a schoolful of grateful youngsters. The K-through-2nd graders from Washington School thanked Lyndhurst's local heroes for saving their school after a blaze broke out in the basement last month. Township police were first on the scene at the Ridge Road school shortly after 6 p.m. Sept. 16. Responding firefighters were met by high heat, as well as thick smoke that obscured all visibility, 1st Assistant Fire Chief Paul Haggerty said. National Fire Prevention Week brought the Washingto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Family Cat Killed In Lyndhurst House Fire Family Cat Killed In Lyndhurst House Fire
Family Cat Killed In Lyndhurst House Fire A family's cat died in a smoky basement fire in Lyndhurst, responders at the scene said. Borough firefighters assisted by their colleagues from North Arlington quickly doused the Forest Avenue blaze near Ridge Road, which broke out in the 2½-story, wood-frame house around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. No injuries were reported. Lyndhurst firefighters assisted by their colleagues from North Arlington quickly doused the Forest Avenue blaze.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE There was extensive smoke damage, responders said. Authorities were investigating the cause, which they didn't believe was s…

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Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire
Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire A smoky Labor Day fire in a chemical processing machine at a Lyndhurst plant didn't create a potential health hazard, authorities said. Firefighters quickly doused the blaze, which broke out on the second floor of the Sika Corporation building on Polito Avenue down the road from Medieval Times shortly before 2:30 p.m. A faulty electrical component on processing equipment was the cause, authorities said. The first arriving companies "rapidly located the source of the fire in the smoke-filled area and averted a major incident from happening," Lyndhurst Fire Chief Louis Pipon said. Dry chem…

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HEROES: Good Samaritans, Police Rescue Driver Whose SUV Plunged Into Passaic River HEROES: Good Samaritans, Police Rescue Driver Whose SUV Plunged Into Passaic River
Heroes: Good Samaritans, Police Rescue Driver Whose SUV Plunged Into Passaic River A motorist was rescued by a family of good Samaritans and Nutley police after he drove his SUV into the Passaic River as high tide rolled in. The rescuers jumped in and got the driver out after the vehicle plunged down the boat ramp north of the Kingsland Avenue Bridge, which connects Nutley and Lyndhurst, shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday, responders said. The SUV then became submerged in 10 feet of water about 100 feet or so from shore, they said. The Lyndhurst Fire Department deployed a rescue diver who searched the vehicle and immediate area and found no additional victims. The vehicle …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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North Arlington Burn Victim Airlifted To Barnabas From Lyndhurst North Arlington Burn Victim Airlifted To Barnabas From Lyndhurst
North Arlington Burn Victim Airlifted To Barnabas From Lyndhurst A North Arlington woman was flown to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston after she was severely burned Saturday afternoon in a cooking flashover. An ambulance brought the 45-year-old Madison Street victim to the Riverside County Park field in Lyndhurst, where an AirMed One chopper picked her up shortly before 1 p.m., Capt. Robert Reilly said. Reilly thanked Hackensack University Medical Center, along with Lyndhurst police, firefighters and Police Emergency Squad members who established the landing zone.

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Palisades Park Naked Motorist Who Drove Car Into Creek Behind MetLife Charged Palisades Park Naked Motorist Who Drove Car Into Creek Behind MetLife Charged
Palisades Park Naked Motorist Who Drove Car Into Creek Behind MetLife Charged HERE's WHAT HAPPENED: A Palisades Park driver whose car plunged into a creek behind MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford before dawn Thursday was charged with trespassing after he broke into a nearby business and was found asleep -- naked -- hours later, authorities said. Doruk Demirtas, 32, had driven his 2011 Ford Fusion east on East Union Avenue, where it hit a guardrail at a dead end and plunged into Berry's Creek around 1:15 a.m., East Rutherford Police Capt. Phillip Taormina said. Demirtas got out of the sedan, swam to shore and then walked to a building at 25 East Union Ave., where he…

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Elevated CO Levels Force Evacuation Of Lyndhurst Apartment Complex Elevated CO Levels Force Evacuation Of Lyndhurst Apartment Complex
Elevated CO Levels Force Evacuation Of Lyndhurst Apartment Complex LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Six residents of a Lyndhurst apartment complex refused medical attention after being affected by elevated carbon monoxide levels overnight, authorities said. Firefighters began evacuating The Station at Lyndhurst Apartments on Chubb Avenue around 11:15 p.m. Thursday, residents said.  They were able to return to their homes around 2:30 a.m., after the complex was examined and ventilated, Deputy Fire Commissioner Paul Haggerty said. Local authorities and building management were planning to resume their search for the cause while a group of firefighters remained on scene t…

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by Jerry DeMarco