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: Firefighter Injured Battling Newark Blaze
One firefighter was hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries in a Newark house fire Sunday morning, authorities said. Firefighters responded to a there-story wood-frame home on 16th Street in the early-morning hours. Approximately 90 firefighters responded as the blaze spread to two adjacent, vacant buildings at 509 and 513 South 16th St. One firefighter was taken to University Hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening injury. No other injuries were reported and no families were relocated. The fire was under control at 9:12 a.m. The cause and origin of the fire i…
Police & Fire
Fire Destroys Abandoned Paterson Eastside Home
At least one firefighter was injured when a vacant home on Paterson's east side went up in flames Friday morning. The four-alarm blaze broke out around 9 a.m. in the abandoned, boarded-up building on Fair Street near Straight Street. It quickly consumed the upper floors of the 2½-story structure and eventually collapsed the roof. All visible flames were knocked down within 90 minutes as firefighters continued to douse hot spots. A demolition crew was summoned to raze the building. Among those providing mutual aid were firefighters from Clifton and Hawthorne. A firefighter was taken to St…
Police & Fire
Firefighters Douse Hackensack Apartment Blaze
Firefighters doused a roaring garden apartment blaze before dawn Saturday. City firefighters had to cut a fence behind the Main Street apartments and enter the property through the Target parking lot to conduct searches and ventilate the roof after the blaze broke out around 1:15 a.m. Firefighters extinguished heavy flames that shot out the window on the first floor and extended to the second. The two-alarm fire was knocked down within 25 minutes and declared under control within an hour. Three minor injuries were reported, including one involving a firefighter who responders said had dif…
Obituaries
'Champion': President Of NJ Firefighters Association Dominick Marino Dies Suddenly
Dominick Marino, the president of the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey, died suddenly at home on Tuesday, fire officials said. The cause of death was not immediately released. Marino served as a firefighter for the North Bergen Fire Department and North Hudson Regional Fire Rescue for more than 25 years. He retired from active service in 2011 and held multiple leadership positions. "Dominick Marino didn’t just run into burning buildings, he knocked down walls to protect his fellow firefighters," New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said. "He put his heart and soul into ev…
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? Linden Police Seek Men Who Stole ID, Badge Of Retired Firefighter
Linden police are on the lookout for two men who stole the badge and identification out of a retired firefighter’s vehicle on Garfield Street. The burglary, which was captured on a dashcam video, occurred around 4:20 a.m. Monday, authorities said. In the video, two men can be seen looking through the vehicle of Christopher Lukenda, a retired Linden firefighter with 28 years of service. The video then shows the men fleeing with Lukenda’s badge and identification. Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call Linden Police at (908) 474-8500 or Det. Joe Kaulfers at (908) 474-85…
Police & Fire
Aftermath
: Bound Brook Recovers From Massive Fire
A seven-alarm fire tore through downtown Bound Brook Sunday night. The blaze broke out just before 8 p.m. in an unoccupied pair of buildings under construction on East Main Street near Mountain Avenue in the commercial district. Firefighters continued to douse hot spots into Monday morning. Several streets were closed and some residents remained without power morning, prompting a two-hour school delay. One firefighter suffered a sprained ankle but otherwise, no injuries were reported. Neighbors said it was a matter of seconds before flames consumed the structures. "This is a disastrous…
Police & Fire
2 Injured, 4 Families Displaced In Newark Fire
Four Newark families were displaced in a house fire early Sunday morning, officials said. A two-story Vermont Avenue building went up in flames around 6 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. A female firefighter was treated after she fell and hurt her back, and a building resident was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, Ambrose said. The blaze was under control by 6:40 a.m. and is being investigated by the Newark Fire Division’s Arson Unit. The American Red Cross is working with the four displaced families. PHOTOS BY ROB MUNSON VIA @NJFIRES TWITTER
Police & Fire
Several Rescued From Apartment Building Fire In Montclair
Firefighters from Montclair and neighboring departments responded to a blaze at an apartment building that displaced several tenants, officials said. There were no reports of injuries. A passerby reported smoke in the area of Claremont and North Fullerton avenues around 12:36 a.m. Sunday. Responding firefighters found the fire at the building on North Fullerton, where several people were standing on fire escapes. They were rescued with ground ladders, officials said. Flames were seen in the balcony areas on four floors. Mutual aid came in from Bloomfield, Orange, East Ora…
Neighbors
GoFundMe Started For Single Mom Who Lost Home To Bloomfield Fire
A fundraiser has been started to help a family whose Bloomfield apartment was destroyed in a fire last week. (Click here to be directed to the GoFundMe page.) "She is a very strong independent single mother who has been through so much while raising her two children and finally picked up the pieces and earned a beautiful peaceful simple apartment for her to finally raise both her children working three jobs and studying to receive her bachelors degree to provide more for her kids and their future," organizers wrote about the woman and her young son and daughter. The fire …
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Family Of 8 'Loses Everything' In Summit Fire
A firefighter suffered minor injuries and a police officer was treated for smoke inhalation responding to a fire in the 50 block of Morris Avenue in Summit Monday morning, according to officials and published reports. The fire broke out in the two story home around 9:30 a.m. and was brought under control in less than an hour. Red Cross Disaster Action Team volunteer responded to a Morris Ave. home #fire in Summit this morning, helping a family of 8, providing Red Cross emergency assistance for temporary lodging, food and clothing needs. — Red Cross New Jersey (@NJRedCross) November 11…
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3 Hurt When Fire Truck, Tractor Trailer Collide In Linden
A firefighter had to be freed from a fire truck after it was involved in a collision in Linden Tuesday morning, police said. The engine was exiting the New Jersey Turnpike at the Wood Avenue emergency road when it was hit by a tractor trailer traveling south on the Turnpike, police said. Two other firefighters were also. All the three were taken to University Hospital with injuries that were described as non-life-threatening, police said. The driver of the tractor trailer was unhurt. The investigation is being handled by the New Jersey State Police.
Police & Fire
Firefighter Falls Through Floor At Glen Rock House Blaze
A Glen Rock firefighter wasn't seriously injured when he fell through a floor battling a home blaze late Wednesday night, authorities said. The firefighter went clear through to the basement in the two-alarm blaze on Greenway Road. Colleagues contained the fire to the kitchen of the two-story, wood-frame house and had it knocked down within 20 minutes of the 10:45 p.m. call, responders said. It was declared under control a little over an hour after it began. Fire officials said they were trying to determine the cause. Other responders included Fair Lawn, Hawthorne, Midland Park, Paramus …
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