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Four Firefighters Injured After Blaze Damages Historic Church Four Firefighters Injured After Blaze Damages Historic Church
Four Firefighters Injured After Blaze Damages Historic Church Grace Presbyterian Church, a 99-year-old Montclair institution, suffered extensive damage after a three-alarm fire tore the building on Tuesday morning, August 15. Montclair firefighters rushed to Grove Street and Tuxedo Road at 8 a.m. and found the fire reaching from the basement to the roofline at the back of the church, Deputy Chief Robert Duncan said. The roof collapsed about a half hour after the blaze started, according to witnesses on scene. It took multiple hoselines and master streams to bring the fire under control at 11 a.m., Duncan said. Four firefighters suffered minor injurie…

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by Jerry DeMarco and Sam Barron
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PHOTOS: Ambulance Collides With SUV In Montclair PHOTOS: Ambulance Collides With SUV In Montclair
Photos: Ambulance Collides With SUV In Montclair An ambulance and SUV collided Monday morning in Montclair, injuring the EMT driving the rig and a patient who was being transported at the time, responders said. The front driver’s side of the Atlantic Mobile Health ambulance took the brunt of the hit and ended up on a lawn at the corner of Grove Street and Bellevue Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. The SUV was totaled, with major damage to the front, as well as the rear passenger side. All airbags in the vehicle deployed. Montclair police and firefighters responded, along with other ambulances. The SUVDAILY VOICE photo CHECK BACK FOR MORE…

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by Jerry DeMarco