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One Left With Burns After Jefferson Boat Blaze: State Police One Left With Burns After Jefferson Boat Blaze: State Police
One Left With Burns After Jefferson Boat Blaze: State Police A boat blaze in Jefferson left one person with burns on Sunday, July 23, state police said. Troopers responded to the fire at a dock on New Jersey Avenue in Jefferson around 4:40 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry told Daily Voice. The Jefferson Fire Department was at the scene as troopers arrived, and the blaze was “mostly out,” Curry said. One person suffered burns and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. ALSO SEE: Body Of 76-Year-Old Man Recovered From Lake Hopatcong The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.

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by Valerie Musson
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UPDATE: Body Of Missing Lake Hopatcong Swimmer Recovered UPDATE: Body Of Missing Lake Hopatcong Swimmer Recovered
Update: Body Of Missing Lake Hopatcong Swimmer Recovered UPDATE: Avinash Kuna's body was found Monday night.  State police on Monday continued to search for a distressed swimmer who drowned on Lake Hopatcong over the weekend. Avinash Kuna, 32 of Parsippany, was on a boat with three friends on the lake in Jefferson when he entered the water and had trouble staying afloat around 10:50 Saturday morning, New Jersey State Police said. ** UPDATE: Avinash Kuna was remembered on a GoFundMe as being ambitious and deeply caring ** He and eight friends, mostly from his job at the UPS Technology Center in Parsippany, rented a boat to celebrate his bir…

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by Cecilia Levine
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VIDEO: Witness Recalls Young Water Skier's Drowning On Lake Hopatcong, Search Continues VIDEO: Witness Recalls Young Water Skier's Drowning On Lake Hopatcong, Search Continues
Video: Witness Recalls Young Water Skier's Drowning On Lake Hopatcong, Search Continues Police on Monday continued to search for a distressed Lake Hopatcong swimmer, identified by authorities as a 32-year-old Parsippany man. Avinash Kuna was water skiing on a pontoon boat with three friends in Jefferson when he fell, panicked and slipped out of his life jacket, according to state police and witness Tom Davis, who posted a video on YouTube. "Nobody jumped in the [expletive] water," he said. "Everyone's just screaming his name." Kuna had been under water for nearly 10 minutes when local police and dive teams arrived, Davis said. "Attempts to pull Kuna to safety were unsuc…

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by Cecilia Levine