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Firefighters Douse Fireworks Blaze At Lakewood Baseball Game Firefighters Douse Fireworks Blaze At Lakewood Baseball Game
Firefighters Douse Fireworks Blaze At Lakewood Baseball Game Firefighters put out a fire that broke out during a fireworks show after the Jersey Shore BlueClaws baseball game in Lakewood. "More people are watching the fire than the fireworks," a spectator commented on this Facebook video.  A fire broke out during a fireworks show after the Jersey Shore BlueClaws baseball game.Facebook/ Erin Leahy Mauterer A BlueClaws spokesman said the Lakewood Fire Department acted quickly and extinguished the fire in a safe manner on Monday night, July 4.  "It was pretty unbelievable. And the fireworks just kept going and going," said Erin Leahy Mauterer, who …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Lakewood Woman, 58, Hospitalized With Serious Burns In Six-Story Apartment Fire Lakewood Woman, 58, Hospitalized With Serious Burns In Six-Story Apartment Fire
Lakewood Woman, 58, Hospitalized With Serious Burns In Six-Story Apartment Fire A Lakewood woman suffered serious burns over most of her body during an apartment building fire early Wednesday, authorities said. The general alarm fire broke out in the six-story multi-family brick Peter Ward Apartment building  at 100 Woehr Ave. just before 2 a.m., according to reports. Two victims were found inside a second-floor apartment including a 58-year-old woman with second- and third-degree burns on 80% of her body, according to an initial unconfirmed report.  The blaze was contained to one apartment in the mid-rise building, Lakewood Fire Department officials said. …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Lakewood Rescuers Free Construction Worker Who Fell 15 Feet Lakewood Rescuers Free Construction Worker Who Fell 15 Feet
Lakewood Rescuers Free Construction Worker Who Fell 15 Feet Rescuers freed a worker who fell 15 feet at a Lakewood construction site Friday morning, authorities said. Rescuers who responded to the 8 a.m. call at the site off Attaya Road used a Stokes basket to secure and left the worker out, Lakewood Fire Chief Mike D'Elia Jr. said. A chopper flew the worker to Jersey Shore Medical Center for treatment of what Lakewood EMS Chief Crystal Van de Zilver said was a possible broken leg and other injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Lakewood firefighters, Hatzolah EMS and Lakewood Township EMS responded. Hackensack Meridian Health's AirMed…

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by Jon Craig