Fire chief orders Hawthorne strip mall evacuated due to snow, ice

BEYOND BERGEN: Hawthorne’s fire chief ordered the tenants of seven stores in a borough strip mall out until further notice today because of ice and snow damage to the roof.

Jerry DeMarco

02/19/2014 11:23 p.m.

Fire Chief Joseph Speranza required all to evacuate the mall at 1103 Goffle Road by 7 o’clock tonight.

Many had already begun closing when the order was given at 5 p.m.

Damage to vent pipes and electrical conduits were apparent this afternoon as firefighters from Hawthorne Company #2 used shovels and rakes from the bucket of their tower ladder truck in an attempt to remove snow from critical areas in the rear of the building.

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