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‘Praying No One Was In There’: Fire Destroys Abandoned Passaic Home, Squatter Search Continues
Authorities were hoping no squatters were inside a vacant Passaic home destroyed by fire on Wednesday. “The property was abandoned,” Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said after firefighters doused the blaze at Main Avenue and Temple Place. “However we are investigating and still searching to confirm whether it was empty. “I am praying no one was in there.” Flames were blowing through the roof of the dilapidated 2½-story home when firefighters arrived shortly after 7 a.m. They were forced into an exterior attack right from the jump, as the roof, floors and exterior sections began to fall in. Fir…
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Virtual Promotions: 24 Passaic Police Officers, Firefighters Sworn To New Posts Via Zoom
It wasn't the NFL draft, although it looked somewhat like it when two dozen promoted Passaic police officers and firefighters were sworn in to their new positions Monday via Zoom. Mayor Hector Carlos Lora presided over the unprecedented virtual ceremony, during which 19 police officers and five firefighters were officially promoted amid the coronavirus pandemic. The firefighters were delayed but made it to the show after responding to a four-alarm fire on Dayton Avenue during which they and their Clifton colleagues rescued a 4-year-old girl and her mother, Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost. S…