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Vacant Home Damaged In Two-Alarm Fire: Rahway FD Vacant Home Damaged In Two-Alarm Fire: Rahway FD
Vacant Home Damaged In Two-Alarm Fire: Rahway FD A vacant home went up in flames in a two-alarm fire in Rahway on the evening of Tuesday, April 16, authorities said. At 11 p.m., the Rahway Police Department and Rahway Fire Department responded to 1334 Pierce St. for a fire in a vacant 2-story 1-family wood frame home, Rachel Smith, the chief communications officer for the city said. Firefighters discovered the interior rear and exterior of the structure on fire, Smith said. The building was empty and no injuries were reported, Smith said. The fire was declared under control after 20 minutes and firefighters cleared the scene after a…

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by Sam Barron
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HEROES: Physician Assistant, Off-Duty Firefighter Rescue NJ Turnpike Driver Engulfed In Flames HEROES: Physician Assistant, Off-Duty Firefighter Rescue NJ Turnpike Driver Engulfed In Flames
Heroes: Physician Assistant, Off-Duty Firefighter Rescue NJ Turnpike Driver Engulfed In Flames A Good Samaritan and off-duty corrections officer extinguished a fire that consumed box truck driver after crashing on the NJ Turnpike Monday afternoon in Union County. Jordan Reed was headed southbound when he saw the tractor-trailer cab hit a sign pole about a mile before Exit 12 and burst into flames around 1:15 p.m. in Linden, he told Daily Voice. Reed -- an emergency medicine physician's assistant with a decade of experience as an EMT -- pulled over to render aid to the driver -- who was fully-engulfed in flames. "He had been already removed from his truck by a New Jersey corrections …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fork Lift Fire Spreads To Chemical Tanks In Linden Fork Lift Fire Spreads To Chemical Tanks In Linden
Fork Lift Fire Spreads To Chemical Tanks In Linden A two-alarm fire that started on a fork lift quickly spread to nearby chemical tanks Friday in Linden. Firefighters were dispatched to Linden Bulk at 4200 Tremley Point Road around 9:15 a.m., Linden police said. Workers from several surrounding buildings left the area due to the heavy smoke conditions before the fire was extinguished, just after 10 a.m., police said. Union County Fire Mutual Aid units provided assistance on scene, including engines from the Elizabeth, Rahway, Roselle, Cranford, and Union Fire Departments. Firefighters were dispatched to 4200 Tremley Point Road around …

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by Cecilia Levine
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4 Charged In Theft, Trespassing At Rahway Firehouse 4 Charged In Theft, Trespassing At Rahway Firehouse
4 Charged In Theft, Trespassing At Rahway Firehouse The four men police said were captured on video rummaging through Rahway fire department headquarters while firefighters were out on a call early Friday have all been located and charged.  On Friday afternoon, police released images on social media of the men inside the firehouse and asked for the public's help identifying them. "Tips from all over the state" soon helped police to "quickly identify" the men.  Before being identified, two of them went back to the fire department in an attempt to return the items and were later arrested, police said. The other two suspects eventuall…

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by Paul Milo