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Electricity Outage
Police & Fire
More Than 500 Without Power In Monmouth County
More than 500 customers were without electricity in Monmouth County, authorities said. There were 557 Monmouth County homes and businesses blacked out at about 11:30 a.m., Thursday May 4, JCP&L reported. Part of the problem was blamed on an electric substation in Howell, according to an unconfirmed report. Middlesex County, meanwhile, had 377 electric customers without power at 11:30 a.m., JCP&L said. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service issued coastal flood watch advisories.
Police & Fire
21 Vehicles Destroyed In Bergen County Fire
Live wires temporarily kept firefighters from dousing flames that destroyed 21 vehicles on a lot off Broad Avenue in Ridgefield. A wire downed in Thursday night's storm ignited two vehicles in the depot, filled with hundreds of new vehicles, next to Metro Fuel on Hudson Avenue near H Mart, authorities said. Firefighters found two vehicles fully involved with live wires arcing over them, blocking initial suppression efforts. They doused nearby oil tanker trucks to prevent them from catching fire while they awaited PSE&G. The fire broke out off Broad Avenue (Route 1) in Ridgefield.D…