The three-alarm blaze at the brick Walraven Apartments building on Ayers Court broke out shortly after 4 p.m.
It spread through the cockloft into the walls, damaging at least two apartments, responders said.
Ridgefield Park, Hackensack, Bergenfield and Englewood firefighters were among those who assisted their Teaneck colleagues.
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