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NJ Student Airlifted After Clothes Ignite During Cooking Class, School Evacuated: Police NJ Student Airlifted After Clothes Ignite During Cooking Class, School Evacuated: Police
NJ Student Airlifted After Clothes Ignite During Cooking Class, School Evacuated: Police A student and a teacher suffered burns during a cooking class at Monroe Township Middle School on Wednesday, March 12, authorities said. The student came in contact with an open flame during the class, causing her clothes to ignite, Monroe Township police said. The teacher in charge of the class quickly attempted to smother the flames, police said. A student used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames, police said. The student was airlifted to a burn center, Monroe Township EMS said. The teacher sustained minor burns and was transported to a local hospital via ambulance, police said…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Boy Airlifted After Stepping On Hot Coals Illegally Dumped On NJ Beach, Officials Say Boy Airlifted After Stepping On Hot Coals Illegally Dumped On NJ Beach, Officials Say
Boy Airlifted After Stepping On Hot Coals Illegally Dumped On NJ Beach, Officials Say A boy was airlifted to a hospital after officials say he stepped on hot coals that had been illegally dumped on a New Jersey beach. Paramedics and EMTs from Sea Bright and Robert Wood Johnson were called to Sandy Hook near Guardian Park, where they found the boy with burns to both feet around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, Gateway National Recreation Area spokeswoman Daphne Yun said. Witnesses said the child had stepped on hot coals that had been illegally dumped between rocks in the area, Yun said. The child was flown by Hackensack Meridian to a local burn center, and the area wher…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ Victim Seriously Burned In Chemical Attack Carried Out By FL Pair Hired By Ex-BF: Cops NJ Victim Seriously Burned In Chemical Attack Carried Out By FL Pair Hired By Ex-BF: Cops
NJ Victim Seriously Burned In Chemical Attack Carried Out By FL Pair Hired By Ex-BF: Cops Three Florida residents are in custody after police said one paid two others to carry out a chemical attack on his ex-girlfriend in New Jersey, who was airlifted to a hospital with serious burns, police said. William DiBernardino, 49, of Boynton Beach, FL, recruited Jmarr McNeil, 39, and Betty Jo Lane, 38, in the Friday, July 26 incident in Monroe (Gloucester County), Police Chief Thomas Gilbert said. The 42-year-old victim was returning from work when the attack happened, police said. As she opened her car door, Lane threw a cup of a highly caustic acid on her, and she suffered burns acros…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
1-Year-Old Bergen County Baby Severely Burned By Scalding Coffee 1-Year-Old Bergen County Baby Severely Burned By Scalding Coffee
1-Year-Old Bergen County Baby Severely Burned By Scalding Coffee A 1-year-old boy was severely burned when he pulled a cup of scalding hot coffee from the top of a TV in the family living room, Garfield police said. The boy suffered second-degree burns on his upper right chest and upper right shoulder in the 8:45 a.m. accident Wednesday on Malcolm Avenue, Capt. Mario Pozo said. Based on the severity of the burns, he said, Hackensack University Medical Center paramedics summoned AIrMed One, which picked up the boy with his father at nearby 20th Century Field barely a block from their home. Both were taken to the Burn Center at St. Barnabas in Livingston,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Industrial Worker, 30, Hospitalized With Burns In South Jersey: Police Industrial Worker, 30, Hospitalized With Burns In South Jersey: Police
Industrial Worker, 30, Hospitalized With Burns In South Jersey: Police A South Jersey industrial worker was hospitalized after suffering burns from a hydronic heating system Tuesday afternoon, police said. The victim — a 30-year-old man — was burned by a hydronic heating system at Aurobindo Pharma on Windsor Center Drive shortly before 10:40 a.m., Lt. Jason Hart told DailyVoice.com. A SouthStar medical helicopter was requested and later canceled, according to initial reports. The victim was ultimately taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital for treatment, Lt. Hart said.

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by Valerie Musson