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Chemical Extinguisher Helps At Northvale Machine Shop Fire
Firefighters used a high-volume dry chemical extinguisher to help with a machine shop blaze in Northvale. The Livingston Street fire ignited shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday, May 16. The Paramus Fire Department’s Foam Unit provided a significant assist extinguishing flames on aluminum shavings that were placed in metal barrels and brought outside. Crews remained at the scene until about 7:30 p.m. Firefighters who went into the building were sent to a decon station due to burning metals and materials. Other mutual aid companies at the scene and in coverage included firefighters from Closter…
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Paramus Garage Fire Doused
Paramus firefighters made quick work of a detached garage blaze early Saturday afternoon. The smoky, two-alarm fire ignited in the attic area of the two-car garage on Broad Avenue off North Fairview Avenue near Route 17 around 12:30 p.m. Oct. 14. Firefighters cut their way in and had the blaze knocked in under a half hour. No injuries were reported. The Paramus Police Emergency Services unit responded with borough firefighters. Coverage was handled by mutual aid responders. The Paramus Fire Prevention Bureau is investigating the cause. Paramus's bravest quickly knocked the fire on B…
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Vehicle Plows Into Paramus Nail Salon
No one was seriously injured when a wagon driven by an 83-year-old local driver slammed into a Paramus nail salon Tuesday afternoon. Vehicles that hit storefronts ordinarily don't make it in very far. Not the 2007 Lexus RX that crashed into Bliss Nails in the Highland Shopping Center on East Ridgewood Avenue shopping center shortly around 1:45 p.m. Dec. 6. "Several people were inside the salon at the time but only one was injured," Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Members of Paramus Emergency Medical Services treated that person, a 59-year-old Paramus woman, for a minor cut …
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Route 17 Crash Rolls One Vehicle, Sends Another Into Side Of Nail Salon
No injuries were reported following a rollover crash on northbound Route 17 in Paramus. A Nissan Murano landed right-side-up after colliding with a Chevy Suburban livery vehicle that careened off the highway and came to rest between the side of a nail salon and a roll-off trash bin during Tuesday morning's rush hour. Both vehicles had to be towed following the 7:15 a.m. crash just north of East Ridgewood Avenue, which jammed traffic. The Chevy Suburban livery vehicle careened into a nail salon and rollover trash bin on northbound Route 17 in Paramus.Boyd A. Loving Damage to the Happy N…
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: No Hydrants Hampers Fight Against Upper Saddle River Mansion Fire At Rockland Border
Nearly three dozen mutual aid companies and well over 100 firefighters helped counter a lack of area hydrants as a fast-moving blaze consumed an Upper Saddle River mansion at the Rockland County border over the weekend. No one was injured in the multi-alarm Hillside Avenue blaze, which broke out in the $2.7 million home in the north end of town shortly after 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, and instantly became fully involved, fire officials said. Authorities were investigating the cause. The Upper Saddle River mansion on Hillside Avenue was destroyed.UPPER SADDLE RIVER FIRE DEPT Firefighter…
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Out-Of-Control SUV Smacks Into Garage, Fence, Gate In Paramus
No injuries were reported when an SUV damaged a Paramus homeowner's garage, gate and fence. The Kia Sportage entered the home's West Midland Avenue driveway off the corner of Paramus Road and kept going, clipping the corner of the three-car detached garage and ramming the fence, around noontime Wednesday, Oct. 5. All Points Towing removed the vehicle. Paramus police and firefighters responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. Company! West Midland Avenue at Paramus Road in Paramus around noontime Wednesday, Oct. 5.Boyd A. Loving
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Firefighters Douse Fair Lawn House Blaze
Firefighters quickly stopped a Wednesday afternoon blaze from doing serious damage to the interior of a Fair Lawn home. The two-alarm fire severely damaged the front of the 32nd Street residence just off southbound Route 208. A passerby sustained a minor injury trying to put out the flames shortly after 5:30 p.m., Fire Chief Michael Salvini said. Roughly 40 firefighters quickly converged on the scene, the chief said. Firefighters quickly converged on the 32nd Street home in Fair Lawn.Priscila Krischer / Fair Lawn Fire Department photographer “Our members quickly knocked down the exter…
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: Truck Hauling Prosecco Knocked Over, Southbound Route 17 Shut Down
UPDATE: A notorious stretch of southbound Route 17 remained closed after a tractor-trailer knocked a box truck onto its side at the border of Paramus and Rochelle Park. So was the exit from eastbound Route 4 onto 17. An International tractor-trailer hauling cases of prosecco was in the left lane at the bottleneck headed into Rochelle Park when it was clipped on the right by a Freightliner around 11:15 a.m. Monday, April 11, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The impact knocked the International into the median and onto its side, gashing a saddle tank that wound up spilling …
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Funeral Arrangements Set For Bergen Firefighter Timmy Rice
A funeral Mass is scheduled Tuesday for a beloved Bergen County firefighter who died this weekend. Timothy “Timmy” Rice, 42, of Emerson fought a valiant battle with cancer, supported by legions of loved ones, friends and fellow firefighters. Rice, who served with the Hackensack and Paramus fire departments, died Saturday at Hackensack University Medical Center. "Timmy was a fireman's fireman," his Hackensack brethren wrote. He was "always there to help out in the firehouse, with union activities and any time anyone needed a hand or someone to talk to." Visiting hours are from 4 to 8 p.m.…
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Fair Lawn Firefighters Douse Blaze At Auto Repair Shop
Fire damaged a Fair Lawn auto repair shop on Saturday. Firefighters “quickly stretched hose into the building and got the fire knocked down” after it broke out at Prestige Autowerks on Fair Lawn Avenue at Third Street shortly after 6 p.m., Fire Chief Thomas Carney said. Carney declared the two-alarm blaze under control within a half-hour. No one was injured, he said. Carney thanked Fair Lawn police, Rescue Squad and Volunteer Ambulance Corps, as well as fellow fire companies that provided mutual aid from Elmwood Park, Glen Rock, Paramus and Saddle Brook. Fair Lawn firefighters respon…
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Snow Collapses Paramus Home (
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The weight of the early-week snowstorm collapsed a Paramus house that was being built, authorities said. The framed-out Arbor Road structure "has been under construction and confirmed vacant," Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said Wednesday. Police and firefighters immediately responded to the collapse shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, the chief said. PSE&G and the borough building department were also notified, he said. No injuries were reported. Boyd A. Loving shot the video and contributed to this account. ****** ALSO SEE: Police tried in vain to rescue a Little Ferry driver who was…
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Paramus House Fire Doused
Firefighters doused a Paramus house blaze on Tuesday. The smoky fire apparently broke out in an attached garage and extended into the attic of the Behnke Avenue home shortly after 11 a.m. Firefighters had the bulk of the two-alarm blaze knocked down within 45 minutes. It was declared under control about five minutes later. No injuries were reported. No injuries were reported.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Mutual aid responders at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Emerson, Maywood, Oradell, River Edge and Washington Township, authorities said. 180 Behnke Avenue, P…
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Prosecutor: Boy, 16, Made Hackensack, Paramus School Bomb Threats
A 16-year-old boy called in several bogus threats of bombs at schools in Hackensack and Paramus last week, said authorities who took him into custody. The boy blocked his caller ID to place six calls to several area police apartments last Thursday and Friday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The bogus theats brought Paramus and Hackensack police and firefighters, a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad to the sites, he said. It didn’t take long for Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit to identify the caller, the prosecutor said. They took the boy i…
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