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'Sad To See People Lose Their Home,' Mayor Says After Fierce Bergenfield Fire 'Sad To See People Lose Their Home,' Mayor Says After Fierce Bergenfield Fire
'Sad To See People Lose Their Home,' Mayor Says After Fierce Bergenfield Fire A fast-moving fire that ravaged a Bergenfield home rekindled several hours later, bringing firefighters back. No one was injured in the fierce afternoon fire, which ignited on the second floor of the single-family Carnation Place home behind the Knickerbocker Country Club on Tuesday, April 12. Firefighters knocked down the blaze within a half-hour. It was placed under control around 4:40 p.m., roughly 45 minutes after it began. Mutual aid was provided at the scene or in coverage by firefighters from Bogota, Dumont, Englewood, New Milford, Ridgefield Park, Teaneck and Tenafly. Carnatio…
Bergen Family Routed By Fire Bergen Family Routed By Fire
Bergen Family Routed By Fire Everyone got out OK but a Bergenfield family lost everything in an early-morning fire on Friday, authorities said. The two-alarm blaze broke out on the second floor of the 2½-story home at North Prospect and Central avenues shortly before 6 a.m. It was knocked down within 45 minutes. Firefighters from Teaneck, Englewood, Dumont, New Milford, Demarest and Ridgefield Park provided mutual aid either at the scene or in coverage. The cause wasn't immediately determined. "The house is uninhabitable," Mayor Arvin Amatorio said. "No one was injured, but dealing with that type of disaster is ver…
Bergenfield Home Ravaged By Fire Bergenfield Home Ravaged By Fire
Bergenfield Home Ravaged By Fire UPDATE: Fire ravaged a Bergenfield home early Friday. A resident and her son got out safely after the three-alarm East Clinton Avenue blaze -- just off South Washington Avenue -- broke out around 7 a.m., friends and neighbors said. Flames tore through the second floor into the attic as the fire spread. Firefighters had the blaze doused within an hour, then remained to douse pockets of flame. A home behind it also was evacuated out of an abundance of caution. From South Washington Avenue.Chris Cudina for DAILY VOICE Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Bogota, Dumont, En…