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Refused Treatment: Garbage Fire Doused In Wyckoff Refused Treatment: Garbage Fire Doused In Wyckoff
Refused Treatment: Garbage Fire Doused In Wyckoff Wyckoff firefighters and DPW workers contained a garbage truck fire in the municipal complex. Heavy smoke from the hopper quickly drew attention in the parking lot of Memorial Field at Scott Plaza off Franklin Avenue around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 24. It helped that the manpower and equipment needed were right there. Garbage in, (burnt) garbage out.Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department An excavator pulled apart the debris as it was being doused. No injuries were immediately reported. Damage to the truck wasn't severe. NO PARKING zone at Wyckoff's Memorial Field.Wyckoff Volunteer Fir…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Garbage Truck Goes Up In Flames, Driver Trying To Save SUV Crashes In Wayne Garbage Truck Goes Up In Flames, Driver Trying To Save SUV Crashes In Wayne
Garbage Truck Goes Up In Flames, Driver Trying To Save SUV Crashes In Wayne No injuries were reported after a garbage truck caught fire and a driver trying to move his SUV away from it crashed in Wayne late Monday morning. The fire, which ignited on Robin Hood Way near Longell Avenue shortly before 11 a.m. April 10, not only destroyed the truck's cab, witnesses said. It caused a crash when a driver tried to move a white Explorer that was parked nearby, they said. Garbage truck goes up in flames in Wayne.DAILY VOICE The driver had to go in through the passenger side of the Explorer because of the extreme heat, witnesses said. "In doing so as he reversed the t…

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Garbage Truck Fire Behind Hackensack School Quickly Doused Garbage Truck Fire Behind Hackensack School Quickly Doused
Garbage Truck Fire Behind Hackensack School Quickly Doused Hackensack firefighters contained and doused a Tuesday morning garbage truck fire behind a school. They responded in the rear of the K-4 Fanny M. Hillers School off Longview Avenue, which was closed for summer vacation, around 8:30 a.m. Members of Engine 2 quickly extinguished the smoky fire, which was contained to the engine compartment. No injuries were reported. The cause wasn't immediately known. VIDEO: HACKENSACK FIRE DEPT.

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by Jerry DeMarco