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Mahwah Fire Department
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Fire
ON THE
Mountain
: 75% Of Blaze Contained, Operations Again Paused Overnight
UPDATE: Crews got 75% of a Ramapo Mountains wildfire doused before breaking again until morning. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service initially estimated that the wildfire covered 50 acres. They revised that figure to 40 acres late Thursday afternoon, April 21. It took several hours to contain roughly half the blaze after it broke out around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Mahwah off Bear Swamp Road in the Ramapo Valley County Reservation, north of Camp Glen Gray, and quickly spread. Another quarter was knocked down on Thursday as crews built and reinforced containment lines. No injuries were repor…
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Massive Birthday Drive-By For Fallen Rockland Firefighter's Son Includes NJ Colleagues
VIDEO: Several New Jersey fire departments joined a massive drive-by for the sixth birthday of a heartbroken boy whose hero firefighter dad died in a nursing home blaze in Rockland County. Fire trucks, SUVs and other police, firefighter and EMS vehicles participated in the nearly 40-minute procession in Nanuet early Wednesday evening for the son of Spring Valley Firefighter Jared Lloyd. Lloyd, 35, was on the third floor of the Evergreen Court Home for Adults when it collapsed on Tuesday. His body was recovered on his boy's birthday on Wednesday, authorities said. Firefighters from a numbe…
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Police: Mahwah DPW Worker Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Assault Case Was DWI In Township Truck
A Mahwah municipal employee who’s been free on bail on charges of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl was busted for DWI while driving a township truck in Hawthorne, authorities confirmed. Whether this will cost Brian Potter, 43, his freedom before trial had yet to be determined. One of the stipulations of his bail release was that Potter refrain from consuming drugs or alcohol. A Superior Court judge in Hackensack is scheduled to hear a request by Pre-Trial Services to revoke Potter's bail on March 18, an assistant Bergen County prosecutor said Thursday. Potter was stopped on Lafayett…
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Driver Dead, SUV Found In Hackensack River In River Vale
A popular Hillsdale firefighter was found dead in his SUV Thursday in the upper Hackensack River in River Vale, the apparent victim of a heart attack. John Inserra, 48, was married with three young children -- two boys and a girl. He coached and was extremely active in local youth sports, including softball and wrestling. Inserra was reported missing after he headed to the a gym in Norwood early Thursday and wasn't heard from again, close friends said. His phone was pinged to the area of Rivervale Road and Piermont Avenue in River Vale several hours later. Officers from both towns respon…
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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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