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Pulaski Skyway
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High Drama (
Video
): Watch Police Grab Disturbed Man Who Closed Pulaski Skyway
UPDATE: A disturbed man kept the Pulaski Skyway closed in both directions for nearly an hour and a half Thursday morning before Jersey City and Port Authority police grabbed him. Captured on video by CBS2 New York's news chopper, the incident apparently began around 9 a.m. after the man pulled over and got out of a sedan in the westbound lanes. The man, clad in tattered clothing, a long, multi-colored scarf covering his head and sunglasses hopped onto the bridge's concrete railing at times -- and even spread his arms and leaned backward. At another point he dropped to his knees as police …
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Following 2nd Fire At Kearny Chlorine Plant, Sierra Club Calls For Investigation
A fire that broke out at a Kearny manufacturer of swimming pool chlorine in May proved unusually difficult to extinguish, repeatedly rekindling over the course of several hours after firefighters thought it had darkened down for good. On Wednesday, nearly two months after the fire had finally been put out, the Alden Leeds plant on Kearny’s industrial waterfront was burning once again. The more recent blaze was quickly put out and had not flared back to life as of Thursday afternoon, but the state’s leading environmental group says this second fire since May underscores the danger the pla…
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Kearny Chlorine Plant Fire Shuts Skyway, Residents Told To Stay Indoors
UPDATE: The fire was brought under control Saturday morning after reaching four alarms. The Pulaski Skyway in Kearny was closed in both directions after a manufacturing plant went up in flames, stranding drivers on the roadway Friday night. The blaze, which hit at least three alarms overnight, broke out around 10 p.m. at the Alden Leeds plant, located on Jacobus Avenue under the skyway. The company makes chlorinated tablets and other chemical treatments for swimming pools. Residents in Hudson County, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island were urged to shut their windows d…