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HEROES: Physician Assistant, Off-Duty Firefighter Rescue NJ Turnpike Driver Engulfed In Flames HEROES: Physician Assistant, Off-Duty Firefighter Rescue NJ Turnpike Driver Engulfed In Flames
Heroes: Physician Assistant, Off-Duty Firefighter Rescue NJ Turnpike Driver Engulfed In Flames A Good Samaritan and off-duty corrections officer extinguished a fire that consumed box truck driver after crashing on the NJ Turnpike Monday afternoon in Union County. Jordan Reed was headed southbound when he saw the tractor-trailer cab hit a sign pole about a mile before Exit 12 and burst into flames around 1:15 p.m. in Linden, he told Daily Voice. Reed -- an emergency medicine physician's assistant with a decade of experience as an EMT -- pulled over to render aid to the driver -- who was fully-engulfed in flames. "He had been already removed from his truck by a New Jersey corrections …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fork Lift Fire Spreads To Chemical Tanks In Linden Fork Lift Fire Spreads To Chemical Tanks In Linden
Fork Lift Fire Spreads To Chemical Tanks In Linden A two-alarm fire that started on a fork lift quickly spread to nearby chemical tanks Friday in Linden. Firefighters were dispatched to Linden Bulk at 4200 Tremley Point Road around 9:15 a.m., Linden police said. Workers from several surrounding buildings left the area due to the heavy smoke conditions before the fire was extinguished, just after 10 a.m., police said. Union County Fire Mutual Aid units provided assistance on scene, including engines from the Elizabeth, Rahway, Roselle, Cranford, and Union Fire Departments. Firefighters were dispatched to 4200 Tremley Point Road around …

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Wawa Is Opening In Roselle Thursday -- And First Responders Are Pumped Wawa Is Opening In Roselle Thursday -- And First Responders Are Pumped
Wawa Is Opening In Roselle Thursday -- And First Responders Are Pumped Wawa, the popular convenience store chain, will add another location Thursday, when a ribbon-cutting will be held at 1206 Rivington St. in Roselle.  To celebrate, the Roselle police and fire departments will compete in a hoagie-building contest (in honor of the chain's popular sandwiches) dubbed "Hoagies for Heroes," a " battle of will, bravery, and skill of sandwich building," the agencies said in a tongue-in-cheek statement this week.  The ribbon cutting is scheduled for 9 a.m. followed by Hoagies for Heroes at 9:30 a.m.

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by Paul Milo