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UPDATE: No Hydrants Hampers Fight Against Upper Saddle River Mansion Fire At Rockland Border UPDATE: No Hydrants Hampers Fight Against Upper Saddle River Mansion Fire At Rockland Border
Update: No Hydrants Hampers Fight Against Upper Saddle River Mansion Fire At Rockland Border Nearly three dozen mutual aid companies and well over 100 firefighters helped counter a lack of area hydrants as a fast-moving blaze consumed an Upper Saddle River mansion at the Rockland County border over the weekend. No one was injured in the multi-alarm Hillside Avenue blaze, which broke out in the $2.7 million home in the north end of town shortly after 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, and instantly became fully involved, fire officials said. Authorities were investigating the cause. The Upper Saddle River mansion on Hillside Avenue was destroyed.UPPER SADDLE RIVER FIRE DEPT Firefighter…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bedroom Fire Ravages Mahwah Home Near Rockland Border Bedroom Fire Ravages Mahwah Home Near Rockland Border
Bedroom Fire Ravages Mahwah Home Near Rockland Border Fire destroyed the master bedroom of a Mahwah home near the Rockland border Tuesday afternoon. Mahwah firefighters, assisted at the scene by their colleagues from Ramsey and Suffern, doused the 2:30 p.m. blaze on Alcott Road, less than a half-mile from Airmont. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the fire, which went to three alarms for coverage. Firefighters contained the blaze to the master bedroom. Ramsey and Suffern firefighters assisted their Mahwah colleagues at the Alcott Road fire.Tony Greco for DAILY VOICE Firefighters contained the blaze to the master bedroom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mahwah Family Loses Everything In Fire Mahwah Family Loses Everything In Fire
Mahwah Family Loses Everything In Fire UPDATE: A Mahwah family of four lost just about all of their belongings in a morning fire. Anthony Covello sustained a minor burn on his hand and his wife, Kari, was treated for smoke inhalation from the Oweno Place fire, which broke out in a small boiler room around 7 a.m., authorities said. Township police Township Officers Keith Iorio and Rob Birney got the couple and their two children out of the house and to a neighbor’s home, then turned extinguishers on the blaze, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Unfortunately, "the flames quickly spread throughout the house,” Batelli said. “Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Rockland Woman Killed After Being Hit Shoveling Snow By Tree Rockland Woman Killed After Being Hit Shoveling Snow By Tree
Rockland Woman Killed After Being Hit Shoveling Snow By Tree Police are reporting that an 88-year-old Hudson Valley resident who was clearing snow was hit and killed by a falling tree as one of the largest storms to hit the area in years moved through the area. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. Wednesday at 61 Hillside Ave. in Suffern, while Barbara Soleskien was clearing snow and was trapped underneath the large tree as it fell, bringing power lines down within a few feet of where she was trapped, said Suffern Police Chief Clarke Osborn. A Rockland County Department of Public Works official and two pedestrians tried to help before rescue officials…

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by Kathy Reakes