Fire Levels Franklin Lakes Home

A Franklin Lakes couple who were asleep when a fire broke out got out safely with their two dogs before their home burned to the ground, authorities said.

Police and firefighters found the 2,800-foot home on Cheyenne Drive in Franklin Lakes fully engulfed.
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At the scene.
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711 Cheyenne Drive, Franklin Lakes
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The fast-moving fire demolished the Franklin Lakes home.
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The house was built in 1968, records show.
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Jerry DeMarco

10/11/2021 1:48 a.m.

The fast-moving fire broke out in the 2½-story Cheyenne Drive home at 12:35 a.m. Monday, Police Capt. Robert Lyon said.

Police and firefighters found the 2,800-foot house fully engulfed, he said.

Firefighters from Wyckoff, Oakland, Mahwah, Waldwick and North Haledon also responded, along with both the Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff ambulance corps.

Fire officials were determining the cause of the fire, which was declared under control at 2:21 a.m.

No injuries were reported.

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