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Overnight Fire In Fair Lawn Serves As Reminder About Chimney Safety Overnight Fire In Fair Lawn Serves As Reminder About Chimney Safety
Overnight Fire In Fair Lawn Serves As Reminder About Chimney Safety A pre-dawn chimney fire doused by Fair Lawn's bravest serves as a critical public safety reminder. Fire from a chimney extended into the walls on the first floor of the Saddle River Road home shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday, March 26, Fire Chief Jake Mamo said. Mamo, who transmitted a general alarm, said firefighters quickly knocked down the blaze and opened the walls to check for any extension. No injuries were reported. The Fair Lawn Rescue Squad, Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Police Department all assisted, the chief said. Mutual aid for coverage was provided by Elmwood Park and Saddle Br…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SUV Clips Pole And Rolls In Washington Township SUV Clips Pole And Rolls In Washington Township
SUV Clips Pole And Rolls In Washington Township An SUV clipped a utility pole and landed on its side in Washington Township, sending the driver to the hospital. The Toyota Highlander took down a sign, damaged an Optimum box and lost a wheel in the crash on East Glen Avenue just west of the Garden State Parkway shortly after 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 6. The driver got out herself and was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with what appeared to be minor injuries, township Police Chief Rich Skinner said. Washington Township police, firefighters and the Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded along with Paramus firefighters. An Optimum …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Tragic Accident': Fair Lawn Boy, 9, Struck, Critically Injured 'Tragic Accident': Fair Lawn Boy, 9, Struck, Critically Injured
'Tragic Accident': Fair Lawn Boy, 9, Struck, Critically Injured A 9-year-old Fair Lawn boy was critically injured Wednesday in what responders all said was a "tragic accident." The third-grader apparently ran into 17th Street near Morlot Avenue when he was struck by a 2014 Honda CR-V shortly before 4 p.m., police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. He was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with a severe head injury, plus several broken bones, Metzler said. The driver, a 58-year-old woman also from Fair Lawn, remained at the scene, the sergeant said. No charges will be filed, he said. Fair Lawn police and Volunteer Ambulance Corps members w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Two Rockland EMTs Killed In State-Line Thruway Crash With NJ Driver Two Rockland EMTs Killed In State-Line Thruway Crash With NJ Driver
Two Rockland EMTs Killed In State-Line Thruway Crash With NJ Driver UPDATE: A New Jersey tractor-trailer driver was hospitalized in a crash that killed two members of a volunteer ambulance corps from Rockland on the New York State Thruway near the state line before dawn Monday, authorities said. Moshe Herzog, 27, of Spring Valley and David Z. Schneebalg, 26, both member of William Paul Feist and Haverstraw Ambulance Corps reportedly were returning from spending Rosh Hashanah in Pennsylvania when the crash occurred around . Herzog was driving a 2017 Chevy Tahoe in the center lane of southbound Route 87 when he apparently attempted to move into the right lane…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Car Hits Porch In Wyckoff Crash Car Hits Porch In Wyckoff Crash
Car Hits Porch In Wyckoff Crash Two people were hospitalized after a crash that sent one of the vehicles into the porch of a Wyckoff home. An extrication was needed after one of the victims was knocked out in the 10 p.m. crash between a Volkswagen Beetle and a sedan on Wyckoff Avenue, responders said. Township police, firefighters and the Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded. Wyckoff Avenue was temporarily closed between Russell Avenue and Carlton Place. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Evacuations Ordered After Struck Canister Releases 'Vapor Cloud' Near Hawthorne Ballfield Evacuations Ordered After Struck Canister Releases 'Vapor Cloud' Near Hawthorne Ballfield
Evacuations Ordered After Struck Canister Releases 'Vapor Cloud' Near Hawthorne Ballfield A "vapor cloud" released when a work crew accidentally punctured a buried canister containing a volatile chemical near a Hawthorne ballfield on Thursday. More than three dozen people were evacuated from nearby homes and businesses while the state DEP recovered the canister, which contained Methyltrichlorosilane, in an auxiliary parking lot, police Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. The chemical, which is "highly flammable and reacts violently with water," Hoogmoed said. "After the canister was punctured, it spilled a yellow tinted fluid into the dirt and a vapor cloud was released," th…

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by Jerry DeMarco