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Police & Fire
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: Police Help Lead Residents To Safety In J. City Fire; 25 Displaced
A fire at a multifamily home in Jersey City went to three alarms before it was brought under control early Wednesday, a city spokeswoman said. The fire broke out at 220-222 Neptune Ave. around 4:45 a.m., when temperatures were in the low 20s. Three other nearby structures were also threatened by the fire but the damage was largely contained to the one house, fire officials said. A Jersey City police sergeant noticed the fire and called it in, then she and other police officers led occupants to safety, the spokeswoman said. Two police officers were being treated for smoke in…
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Refrigerant Leak Clears Fair Lawn HS
A refrigerant leak briefly cleared Fair Lawn High School Monday morning. The Freon leak, discovered around 8:30 a.m., was traced to an HVAC unit on the roof, which "caused a smoke condition on the second floor," one responder said. The building was ventilated and the all-clear was given to return shortly after 9 a.m. No injuries were reported. Fair Lawn police and firefighters were among the responders. ****** ALSO SEE: A battery on a piece of construction equipment in a Fair Lawn warehouse exploded Monday night, sending a worker flying, authorities said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jer…
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Sedan Driven By Westwood Man, 79, Hits Transformer, Rail, Pole On Route 208 In Franklin Lakes
UPDATE: An out-of-control sedan crashed into a guard rail, transformer and utility pole on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes after it clipped the back of a van, police said Tuesday. The 79-year-old Westwood driver appeared OK but was taken to The Valley Hospital as a precaution after Monday’s crash on the highway’s northbound side near Ewing Avenue, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Neither the 75-year-old van driver nor his passenger -- both from Haledon -- were injured, police said. The driver of the 2019 Subaru Legacy told police he was headed north on Route 208 shortly before 11 a.m. and tried to ch…
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Rooftop HVAC Short Clears Hackensack Staples
A rooftop air conditioning unit malfunctioned at a Staples store in Hackensack mid-Tuesday afternoon. The store was emptied while city firefighters tended to a burnt transformer in the HVAC unit at the Hackensack Avenue store just off Route 4. "Companies ventilated and the store was turned back over to the building owner," the Hackensack Fire Department said. "No injuries." At the scene.Douglas Lee for DAILY VOICE Douglas Lee for DAILY VOICE
Police & Fire
Woman, 86, Stabbed More Than A Dozen Times In Cedar Grove, Suspect Arrested
The house guest of an elderly Cedar Grove woman stabbed her about 15 times Tuesday morning. The 86-year-old victim was in bed at her Sunrise Terrace home when police said she was attacked by Tanya Spears, 60, of Cumming, Georgia. She was found by her husband around 4 a.m., who called police. The woman, who had been bleeding heavily when she was discovered, was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday afternoon. Spears has been charged with attempted murder and other offenses.
Police & Fire
Multi-Vehicle Fire Doused Outside Hackensack Auto Repair Shop
Flames incinerated two trucks and damaged other nearby vehicles Monday outside a Hackensack auto repair shop, sending plumes of black smoke skyward that could be seen from Route 80. A firefighter was hospitalized with heat exhaustion, the city Fire Department said. Firefighters responding to the two-alarm blaze sparked by downed wires at Rocky Auto Repair at Daniel and Kenneth streets just before 1:30 p.m. had it doused in well under an hour. The building sustained some exterior damage, but firefighters kept interior damage to a minimum. Englewood, Teaneck and Ridgefield Park firefighters…
Police & Fire
NJ State Police Pull Over Speeding Car, Find Passenger In Labor
Imagine the shock of State Police who chased a speeding car up Route 17, then drew their guns when the driver finally pulled over on a Ridgewood street -- and found a passenger in labor. The brief pursuit began around 10:30 p.m. Saturday on the northbound highway. The driver took the Linwood Avenue exit, headed to The Valley Hospital about a half-mile away. Troopers pulled their guns after the driver eventually stopped because they didn't know whether the pair was armed. Once they discovered the circumstances, the troopers provided an escort up Linwood Avenue to the hospital.
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Saddle Brook Man, 76, Severely Burned
A 76-year-old Saddle Brook man smoking a cigarette on his front porch Friday afternoon was severely burned after his flannel pants ignited, poilce said. “He didn’t realize what happened until it was too late,” Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice. AirMed One flew the Wilson Street victim to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston after he inadvertently dropped the cigarette in his lap, the chief said. He suffered third-degree burns on his leg, Kugler said.
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: Blaze Consumes Ridgewood Garage
Ridgewood firefighters doused a fully-involved detached garage blaze Thursday night. The village's finest kept the Claremont Road fire from spreading, although it destroyed the 20-by-30-foot garage. Ridgewood police, EMS and Emergency Services also responded. No injuries were reported. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. Moments after the blaze broke out.Boyd A. Loving At the scene.Boyd A. Loving Ridgewood firefighters made quick work of the blaze.Boyd A. Loving
Police & Fire
Grenade Scare At Midland Park Home Proves Unfounded
What turned out to be a harmless grenade shell found at a Midland Park home Saturday morning brought the Bergen County Bomb Squad. "It had no internal mechanism," Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. "Just an old shell found in our garage while knocking it down," homeowner Megan McCombs said. "[S]till had pin in." Not taking any chances, Midland Park police summoned the bomb squad to the Rubble Street home around 11 a.m.
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Van Snaps Utility Pole In Ringwood
A driver sustained injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after a van slammed into a utility pole, snapping it, early Wednesday evening in Ringwood. Skyline Drive was closed at Greenwood Lake Turnpike after the crash just after 5:30 p.m. Power had to be cut to the pole so the driver could be taken to the hospital and the van could safely be removed.
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State Troopers, Firefighters, Others Hurt In Chain-Reaction Crash On 280 In West Orange
A number of first responders were injured in a chain-reaction crash on Route 280 in West Orange Tuesday morning. Three New Jersey State Police troopers, two West Orange police officers and five township firefighters were among several people injured Tuesday morning when a dump truck plowed into an ambulance, sending it crashing into a fire engine, authorities said. The West Orange police officers and four of the firefighters were treated and released. The fifth firefighter was still hospitalized, a township spokesman said Tuesday night. The spokesman, Joe Fagan, did not know the condi…
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