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Jersey City Building Owner Conducted Work Without Permit Days Before Blaze: Officials Jersey City Building Owner Conducted Work Without Permit Days Before Blaze: Officials
Jersey City Building Owner Conducted Work Without Permit Days Before Blaze: Officials The owner of a Jersey City building destroyed in a four-alarm fire earlier this month has been fined by the city for conducting roof work without a permit two days before the blaze. The building at 197 Olean Ave., was one of three buildings damaged in the April 5 fire that left 17 people displaced and sent black smoke billowing across the sky.  The city's Fire Prevention and Arson Units investigation determined the fire was accidental, Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione, press secretary for the mayor's office said. The building at 197 Olean Ave was demolished the night of t…

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by Sam Barron
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Pre-Dawn Fire Ravages Paterson Building Pre-Dawn Fire Ravages Paterson Building
Pre-Dawn Fire Ravages Paterson Building Flames blew through the roof in an overnight fire that destroyed a vacant Paterson mixed-use building. Responders didn't find anyone in the Mercer Street location at Keen Street after the blaze broke out on the second floor around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, authorities said. Firefighters were quickly pulled from inside the wood-frame building for safety reasons. Local streets were closed as they continued to douse stubborn pockets of flame past daybreak. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire wasn't immediately determined. For photos of this and other fires, go to the offi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PHOTOS/VIDEO: Garfield Fire Ravages Multi-Family, Mixed-Use Building PHOTOS/VIDEO: Garfield Fire Ravages Multi-Family, Mixed-Use Building
Photos/Video: Garfield Fire Ravages Multi-Family, Mixed-Use Building UPDATE: A firefighter sustained a minor injury during a blaze that ripped through a multi-family, mixed-use Garfield building late Friday into Saturday. The fire broke out shortly before 11:30 p.m. on the second floor of the three-story Maple Avenue building, which houses the Sud's City laundry on Palisade Avenue.  It quickly blew through the attic and roof, collapsing a rear portion of the building collapsed soon after. Utility wires briefly caught fire in the stubborn blaze, which was finally brought under control at 1:49 a.m. Jeff Stang produced up-close video: At the scene.JeffS…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bayonne Fire Leaves 19 Homeless, No Injuries Reported Bayonne Fire Leaves 19 Homeless, No Injuries Reported
Bayonne Fire Leaves 19 Homeless, No Injuries Reported Firefighters worked in frigid conditions Thursday to contain a blaze that tore through the top floor of a three-story building in Bayonne, Chief Keith Weaver said in a statement.  Firefighters arrived at 247 Broadway around 1:24 p.m. and saw flames pouring from the top windows of the building. Working from outside the structure, firefighters brought the two-alarm blaze under control in about 40 minutes.  An adjacent building sustained water damage but the fire itself was kept to 247 Broadway, Weaver said. The damage was so extensive the city building department determined tha…

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by Paul Milo