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Fire Rips Through Morris County Home (UPDATE) Fire Rips Through Morris County Home (UPDATE)
Fire Rips Through Morris County Home (Update) UPDATE: A 98-year-old woman was killed and a 71-year-old man hospitalized with serious injuries as a fire raced through and collapsed a Morris County home on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 19. ------------------------------- Fire crews were responding to a two-alarm blaze at a Morris County home on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 19, authorities said. While initial details were scarce, suppression efforts and an investigation was underway at a home on Mooney Road in Roxbury around 1 p.m., a spokesperson for the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office told Daily Voice. Members of Canteen One were also cal…

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by Valerie Musson
News
UPDATE: Authorities ID Three Seniors Killed In Clifton House Fire UPDATE: Authorities ID Three Seniors Killed In Clifton House Fire
Update: Authorities ID Three Seniors Killed In Clifton House Fire A 95-year-old woman and two fellow residents – 71 and 65 – were identified Saturday as the victims found dead in a Clifton house fire. Three firefighters, a Clifton police officer and a fourth resident also were injured in the blaze in a corner house on Ladwick Lane at Renaissance Drive near Van Houten Avenue in the city’s Athenia section on Nov. 18, authorities said. Firefighters found two of the deceased victims on the second floor and another in the basement after the blaze broke out in the multi-family home around 7:30 p.m. Killed were: Helen Popovich, 95; Elaine Warga, 71; Steven W…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Man Killed In Woodbridge Fire, 21, Had Been Providing For Family In Haiti, GoFundMe Says Man Killed In Woodbridge Fire, 21, Had Been Providing For Family In Haiti, GoFundMe Says
Man Killed In Woodbridge Fire, 21, Had Been Providing For Family In Haiti, GoFundMe Says The victim of Wednesday's fatal fire in Woodbridge has been identified as a 21-year-old Avenel man who had apparently been providing for his family in Haiti. Chadly Julien's body was found shortly after fire crews responded to 88 South Inman Ave., around 9 a.m., Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. The cause of the fire remained under investigation, authorities said. Meanwhile, more than $18,400 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Chadly's family. Campaign founder Bleriot Thompson said Chadly had been sending a portion of each paycheck to his family in Haiti. "We wan…

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by Cecilia Levine