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Adult, Juvenile Charged With Arson In Multi-Alarm North Jersey Warehouse Fire Adult, Juvenile Charged With Arson In Multi-Alarm North Jersey Warehouse Fire
Adult, Juvenile Charged With Arson In Multi-Alarm North Jersey Warehouse Fire UPDATE: A vacant warehouse blaze that injured a firefighter in Palisades Park was deliberately set by two Ridgefield residents, authorities charged. Alexander Regalado, 18, was arrested and a juvenile was detained after they were identified as responsible for the multi-alarm Fourth of July weekend fire on Fairview Street off Grand Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The fire, which ravaged the warehouse and damaged a neighboring building, wasn’t fully extinguished for nearly six hours. Route 46 was closed in both directions at one point because of the thick smoke and a fi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hours-Long Multi-Alarm Warehouse Blaze Doused In Palisades Park Hours-Long Multi-Alarm Warehouse Blaze Doused In Palisades Park
Hours-Long Multi-Alarm Warehouse Blaze Doused In Palisades Park A stubborn multi-alarm fire ravaged a vacant Palisades Park warehouse and spread to another. A firefighter sustained what was characterized as a minor injury in the Fairview Street blaze Saturday just off Grand Avenue down the street from westbound Route 46 in Palisades Park. Firefighters were met by heavy flames that quickly shot through the roof of the primary building shortly before 6 p.m. A firefighter sustained what was characterized as a minor injury in the early-evening Fairview Street blaze just off Grand Avenue in Palisades Park.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The blaze went to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'I Just Shot My Father': Bogus Bergen Swatting Call Draws Mass Response 'I Just Shot My Father': Bogus Bergen Swatting Call Draws Mass Response
'I Just Shot My Father': Bogus Bergen Swatting Call Draws Mass Response A throng of police and tactical units descended on a Palisades Park garden apartment complex Friday night in response to what turned out to be a bogus 911 call of a man with a bomb strapped to his chest. The swatting incident forced the evacuation of the West Central Boulevard complex off Grand Avenue after a 911 caller told a dispatcher around 9 p.m. that "I just shot my father," Detective Alex Monteleone said. Units were rushing to the site when the swatter called again, saying he'd shot his dad a second time, he said. The third time, he said he had a pipe bomb strapped to his chest that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Senior Trio Emerges Unscathed After SUV Flips In Bergen County Senior Trio Emerges Unscathed After SUV Flips In Bergen County
Senior Trio Emerges Unscathed After SUV Flips In Bergen County Three New Milford seniors all walked away without injury after their SUV was knocked through a fence and plunged several feet, landing on its roof atop a Palisades Park apartment's electrical box. The 70-year-old driver of the Honda CRV told police he’d stopped on West Palisades Boulevard and was headed across Grand Avenue when the driver of a Toyota Camry sped up, clipping the back of his vehicle. He said he lost control of the SUV, which hit a Chevy Impala stopped at a light and careened through the fence, landing upside down on the box at the Marlborough Apartments. He wasn’t injured, n…

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by Jerry DeMarco