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Tiki torch accident
Police & Fire
Bergen Couple Seriously Burned By Tiki Torch Filled With Rubbing Alcohol, Airlifted To Barnabas
A couple lounging at a River Vale home were airlifted to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston late Sunday after they were burned seriously by a tiki torch that caught fire, authorities said. River Vale police rendered medical aid to the 54-year-old woman and 52-year-old man after receiving the call from Collignon Way at 10:44 p.m. Aug. 13, Lt. Josh Wisse said. The man told police that he used rubbing alcohol to light the torches and not the standard torch fluid, the lieutenant said. A Hackensack University Medical Center Advanced Life Support unit rendered aid before Old Tappan …