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Driver Airlifted After Crashing SUV Into Jersey Shore Home On Labor Day, Police Say
A driver was airlifted after crashing into a home in New Egypt on Labor Day, authorities said. Plumsted police, firefighters, and paramedics responded to the crash at the intersection of Brindletown Road and Front Street early in the evening on Monday, Sept. 2, the township said in a Facebook post. The driver was the only person in the SUV and was taken by helicopter to a hospital. No one was in the home during the crash. Crews worked to make the house structurally sound and "delicately" removed the SUV.
Police & Fire
Bedroom Electrical Equipment Caused Toms River House Fire That Killed Two Cats: Firefighters
A family of two people were without a home and two of their cats died in a house fire in Toms River, authorities said. Firefighters responded to the home on South Gateway at around 9:05 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1, the Toms River Bureau of Fire Prevention said in a news release. No people were in the house during the two-alarm fire. Crews found heavy smoke and fire coming from a second-story bedroom. Two cats inside the home were killed and a neighbor was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. Investigators said the fire was caused by energized electrical equipment failing in the…
Police & Fire
Four Marina Employees Suffer Smoke Inhalation During Boat Fire In Wildwood, Firefighters Say
Four people suffered smoke inhalation after a large boat caught fire at a marina in Wildwood, officials said. The fire started on the boat docked at Schooner Island Marina at around 12:39 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, the City of Wildwood Fire Department said in a Facebook post. When firefighters arrived, they found the roughly 42-foot boat named "Luv-It" engulfed in flames. The fire spread to the dock and a nearby small shed. The boat eventually sank from the weight of the water firefighters sprayed to extinguish the flames and foam was used to put out a fuel fire on the water. …
Police & Fire
Man Airlifted After Vehicle Crashes With Ambulance Going To Emergency In South Jersey: Police
A Pennsylvania man was airlifted to a hospital after a crash involving an ambulance heading to an emergency in Cape May County, authorities said. Middle Township police responded to the crash on Route 9 North at around 12:40 p.m. on Saturday, July 6, the department said in a news release. The wreck involved an Inspira ambulance in the Swainton section of the township. Investigators said the ambulance was traveling to a medical emergency with its lights and sirens activated. A vehicle pulled out in front of the ambulance, causing the two to crash. The paramedics in the ambulance weren't inj…
Police & Fire
SUV Driver Smelled Like Alcohol In Crash That Hospitalized Three In Central Jersey: Police
Three people were hospitalized, including a driver who police claimed smelled like alcohol, after a crash in Monmouth County, authorities said. Wall Township police responded to the crash at around 5:31 p.m. on Friday, July 5, the department said in a news release on Monday, July 8. It happened at the intersection of Route 34 and Hurley Pond Road near Monmouth Jet Center. Investigators said a 25-year-old Farmingdale woman was driving a 2017 Honda CR-V on Route 34 North. The SUV crossed the grass median and struck a southbound 2014 Nissan Rogue. The Honda driver wasn't wearing her…
Business
Free T-Shirts, Hoagie-Building Competition To Celebrate Wawa's Newest Central Jersey Store
A Wawa is opening in Monmouth County and the convenience store chain will celebrate its 60th anniversary along with the new location, officials said. The new Wawa will be open at 3052 Route 35 in Hazlet on Thursday, June 27, the company said in a news release. The store will officially open at 8 a.m. and a grand opening ceremony will be held at 8:30 a.m. The first 100 customers will get free "In My Wawa Era 60th Anniversary" t-shirts. After a ribbon cutting, the store will have the "Hoagies for Heroes" sandwich-building competition between police officers and firefighters.…
News
NJ Transit, Amtrak Service Resumes After Power Outage, Brush Fire
Service to NJ Transit and Amtrak trains was disrupted for the second time this week on Thursday, June 20 due to both power issues and brush fires along the NJ Turnpike, officials said. Amtrak service between Philadelphia and New Haven had been suspended while NJ Transit service in and out of NY Penn Station was also suspended, due to power issues on the Amtrak line, NJ Transit said. Service had resumed as of 10 p.m. with serious delays. A brush fire in Secaucus was compounding the issue as it was impacting wire repairs. NJ Transit service was also disrupted Tuesday morning, June 18, leavin…
Police & Fire
Woman Airlifted After SUV Hits Tree, Catches On Fire In South Jersey: Police
An Ocean County woman was airlifted to a hospital after her SUV hit a tree in a fiery crash, authorities said. Manchester Township police responded to the wreck on South Hope Chapel Road near Ridge Avenue at around 2:48 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, the department said in a news release. Officers found a 2008 Jeep Liberty on fire with no one inside the SUV off of South Hope Chapel, along with damage to a sign and a tree. Investigators said the Jeep was heading south on South Hope Chapel when it crossed the center line, left the road, and hit the sign. The SUV continued south until it struck the…
Lifestyle
Who Are New Jersey's Sexiest Civil Servants? Here's What New Poll Says
Ring the alarm! Firefighters may make the calendars and policemen are pretty, but a newly released survey found that New Jersey's sexiest civil servants are neither of the two. According to DatingNews, the hottest civil servants in the Garden State are customs and border protections officers. DatingNews released the new tally after interviewing 3,000 singles to uncover which uniformed pros, though they omitted out the usual suspects, including firefighters, police officers, and members of the military. "In the urban landscape, there's an undeniable physical magnetism that surrounds those …
Schools
Traumatized By Break-In, NJ College Student Develops Emergency App
An MBA fellow at Rowan University has designed an app to enhance the security of students at the Glassboro campus. Siena Rampulla was a victim of an off-campus break-in in March 2022, as reported by Daily Voice. Jorge L. Navaheredia, 29, of Sicklerville, had broken into several women's homes including Rampulla's, according to Glassboro police. He was caught hiding under a kitchen sink with panties, police said. A search of the suspect's vehicle turned up additional panties and mail from burglary victims, police said at the time. A pre-trial conference for Navaheredia is set for Feb. …
Police & Fire
Bricks, Concrete Fall From Hawthorne HS Building
Chunks of a Hawthorne High School parapet gave way Tuesday afternoon, raining bricks and concrete that damaged vehicles parked below. There was no immediate answer for what might have caused the chunks to come loose along a 60-foot stretch of the back of the Science Building's façade facing the athletic field on Bamford Avenue on Sept. 12. No work was being done at the time, responders said. The collapsed section of parapet wall pulled a swatch of the frieze down with it. A few vehicles were damaged.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Hawthorne HS officials were joined by township polic…
Police & Fire
Four Firefighters Injured After Blaze Damages Historic Church
Grace Presbyterian Church, a 99-year-old Montclair institution, suffered extensive damage after a three-alarm fire tore the building on Tuesday morning, August 15. Montclair firefighters rushed to Grove Street and Tuxedo Road at 8 a.m. and found the fire reaching from the basement to the roofline at the back of the church, Deputy Chief Robert Duncan said. The roof collapsed about a half hour after the blaze started, according to witnesses on scene. It took multiple hoselines and master streams to bring the fire under control at 11 a.m., Duncan said. Four firefighters suffered minor injurie…
Police & Fire
Firefighters Deliver Twin On Garden State Parkway
It's a boy! ...and another boy! Firefighters from Wildwood helped a woman in labor with twins on the Garden State Parkway on Wednesday, June 28. Wildwood Fire Squad Co. 3 was dispatched to a maternity call at a local hotel, as North Wildwood Fire Department Ambulance 2 was dispatched mutual aid as our ambulance on another incident. TEAMWORK AT ITS FINEST! Last night Squad Co. 3 (C Platoon)was dispatched to a maternity at a local hotel. North... Posted by City of Wildwood Fire Department on Thursday, June 29, 2023 Upon arrival of Squad Co. 3 , Capt. Troiano, firefighter Kobierowski, …
Police & Fire
Update
: Couple In Classic Car Killed In Fiery Turnpike Crash
UPDATE: Two people were killed when their classic car was rear-ended overnight on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities confirmed. The man and woman died after the 1950s-era Plymouth was struck by a Jeep Cherokee and both burst into flames near Exit 70B on northbound I-95 around midnight Sunday, June 11, they said. Identification of both of them was pending, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. Two people in the Jeep sustained minor injuries, the sergeant said. UPDATE: Two people were killed when their classic car was rear-ended overnight on the New Jersey Turnpike, authori…
Police & Fire
Firefighters Battle Warehouse Fire In Mercer County
Firefighters were battling a warehouse fire in Hamilton, authorities said. No one was injured in the fire that broke out at about 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 18. Video from CBS News Philadelphia showed smoke and flames billowing from the structure. Hamilton firefighters advised motorists to avoid White Head Road and Sweetbriar Avenue. Roads shut down included Sloan Avenue and Klockner Road; White Head Road in the area of Route 1; White Head Road near Third Avenue; and Assunpink Boulevard. One lane of Route 1 north was open.
Police & Fire
Massive 5-Alarm Fire Guts Abandoned Trenton School
Firefighters were battling a massive five-alarm fire at a vacant school building in Trenton, authorities said. The fire started mid-afternoon Monday, May 15 at a building on Southard Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. That's the former location of MLK Middle School. A tweet from Trenton Public Schools said the fire engulfed the old Junior No. 1 Building. The current MLK Middle School Building was not impacted by the fire. A tweet from Trenton Public SchoolsTwitter/ TrentonPublicSchools There was heavy smoke and fire billowing from the building. No injuries had been reported…
Police & Fire
'57 Chevy Among Antique Vehicles Destroyed In Pre-Dawn Garfield Garage Fire: Responders
A vicious pre-dawn Bergen County garage fire exacted a steep sentimental price. THE quintessential American greaser car -- a 1957 Bel Air -- was destroyed along with another antique Chevy and a motorcycle in the overnight fire in Garfield, responders said. The fire broke out on the second floor of the detached Cedar Street garage off Belmont Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, May 1. The fire broke out on the second floor of the Cedar Street garage in Garfield shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, May 1.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Firefighters had it knocked down in just under a half hour and …
Police & Fire
Possible Drowning Reported On Jersey Shore
Lacey Township police, firefighters and EMS crews were responding to a report of a possible drowning, authorities said. The incident was reported Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 28 along Laurel Boulevard. Developing reports said the drowning may have involved a kayaker. Lacey police had no immediate details. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
News
Firefighters Free Three In Route 23 Head-On Crash Involving Ambulance
Wayne firefighters extricated three occupants following a multi-vehicle head-on crash involving a private ambulance at a Route 23 intersection. No serious injuries were reported in the Feb. 20 mid-morning collision on the northbound highway at the light just past Waynechester Plaza, which sent four occupants in all to the hospital. Firefighters said they used both battery-powered and hydraulic tools to free the patients as traffic kept stretching further in either direction. Wayne police and members of the Memorial First Aid Squad assisted with patient care and support, the smoke eaters sa…
Police & Fire
Firefighters Battle Blaze At Gloucester Home
Officials are investigating after a Gloucester Township home caught fire in the evening hours on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Firefighters were called to a property on Locust Drive in the township's Blackwood section at about 5:45 p.m. for a reported house fire, said police in a statement. On arrival, first responders saw smoke and flames at the house's rear. The home, which was occupied at the time the fire broke out, was evacuated along with neighboring buildings while firefighters quickly gained control of the blaze. No injuries were reported, and though the cause of the fire rem…
News
Update
: Carbon Dioxide Leak Clears Stew Leonard's In Paramus, Three Employees Rescued From Roof
Five employees checked out OK, and firefighters plucked three others from the roof, after a broken refrigeration pipe filled Stew Leonard's in Paramus with carbon dioxide early Tuesday. The store hadn't opened yet when responders rushed to the Paramus Park mall at 7:45 a.m. Nov. 6, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The pipe had been ruptured, releasing the CO2, while a service company was doing maintenance work, the chief said. Everyone was evacuated, including three workers who'd gone to the roof of the building and had to be collected by borough firefighters using a ladder truck, Ehr…
News
Police, Firefighters Rescue Plastics Worker Who Lost Leg In Clifton Machine Mishap
HEROES: Police and firefighters teamed up to save the life of a factory worker after he lost a lower leg in an industrial accident in Clifton, authorities said. Police Sgt. Robert Marks and Officer Christopher Acampora, who were the first to arrive, climbed up a conveyer belt on a large compacting machine to get to the pinned 33-year-old victim from Clifton, Lt. Robert Anderson said. Marks is a decade-long department veteran who's served in the U.S. Army and National Guard. Acampora is a rookie with nine years of military experience, including in the U.S. Marine Corps. Working swiftly, bot…
News
Pre-Dawn Fire Destroys Lodi Home
Fire engulfed a home in Lodi overnight. No injuries were reported in the blaze, which apparently was ignited outside the rear of the 2½-story home on Blueridge Road shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. Firefighters were forced into an exterior attack as flames quickly spread through the house, collapsing the roof. The fire ignited out back of the Blueridge Road home in Lodi and spread quickly.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE They were also hampered by early water issues. Even after the bulk of the blaze was knocked down, they were dousing flames past daybreak. Firefighters were for…
News
Firefighters Free Severely Injured Driver In NJ Turnpike Pileup
Firefighters extricated the driver of a Lincoln SUV following a chain-reaction crash involving a tractor-trailer on the northbound New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County. Four victims in all were hospitalized, one of whom was in traumatic arrest, following the pileup shortly before noon Monday near the Emerson Street overpass in Ridgefield Park, responders said. A Jeep and a third SUV were also involved in the crash near mile marker 117.8. Aftermath.Jerry DeMarco Ridgefield Park firefighters freed the trapped driver and cleaned up a large fuel spill. State Police confirmed the crash and…
Police & Fire
Firefighters Rescue Swimmer In Distress (
Developing
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Firefighters in a boat were able to rescue a swimmer in distress in Cape May County, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The water rescue took place before 4 p.m. on Friday, July 29 near Beach Avenue in Lower Township. The firefighters reportedly brought the swimmer back to shore. There was no immediate detail on their condition. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
Police & Fire
5 Firefighters Hurt Dousing Massive 3-Alarm Blaze In Trenton:
Developing
Five firefighters were hurt while dousing a third alarm fire in Trenton, developing reports say. The fire broke out at 365 Cleveland Ave. around 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, according to initial and unconfirmed reports. Additional crews were called to the scene as the third floor was found to be heavily involved, upgrading the fire to a second and later a third alarm, the initial report says. Meanwhile, EMS crews were called to evaluate three firefighters — one who was hurt in a collapse, and two others for unknown reasons, according to the initial report. Ambulances were later calle…
News
Back-To-Back Blazes In Passaic Doused
Firefighters doused a pair of back-to-back blazes in Passaic. The first ignited in the rear second-floor bedroom and partially extended to the attic of a small house on 9th Street, just off South Street, shortly before 11:30 p.m. Sunday, responders said. Firefighters knocked the two-alarm blaze down in minutes and had it under control moments later. Barely 20 minutes later, a basement fire across town brought the city's bravest to the Don Polin restaurant, which has connecting apartments above and behind. That fire was quickly extinguished, as well. No injuries were reported in either fi…
News
Hours-Long Multi-Alarm Warehouse Blaze Doused In Palisades Park
A stubborn multi-alarm fire ravaged a vacant Palisades Park warehouse and spread to another. A firefighter sustained what was characterized as a minor injury in the Fairview Street blaze Saturday just off Grand Avenue down the street from westbound Route 46 in Palisades Park. Firefighters were met by heavy flames that quickly shot through the roof of the primary building shortly before 6 p.m. A firefighter sustained what was characterized as a minor injury in the early-evening Fairview Street blaze just off Grand Avenue in Palisades Park.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The blaze went to …
Police & Fire
Man Dies, Firefighters Hurt In Suburban Philly House Fire: Report
A man died and two firefighters were injured in a fire that tore through a house in Montgomery County Friday, July 1. The blaze broke out at a Summit Avenue in Jenkintown around 7:30 p.m., where a man was rescued from the second floor, CBS3 reports. He later died at a local hospital. One firefighter was hospitalized for a possible heart attack and another for heat exhaustion. Both were in stable condition, CBS reports. The cause was under investigation.
Police & Fire
Serious Fire Reported In Cape May (
Developing
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Firefighters, police and EMS crews were called to a serious fire in Cape May County, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The fire was reported before noon on Wednesday, June 29 on West Third Avenue in Middle Township. There was an unconfirmed report that people were possibly inside the burning structure. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
Police & Fire
Sub Shop Ruined In Fire Feeds Jersey Shore Firefighters
After a devastating fire at one of its shops, Sack O' Subs returned its thanks by delivering pizza to firefighters who fought the blaze. The Ventnor sandwich shop, which originally opened south of Atlantic City in 1969, caught fire on Saturday -- just eight days after the business reopened under new ownership. "Huge thanks to the firefighters and police officers who responded to the fire at our Ventnor store this past Saturday. You are truly appreciated for all you do and all that you continue to do," the sub shop wrote on Facebook. Sack O' Subs Ocean City prepared "these yummy pizza…
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