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Units Damaged In Fort Lee Condo Fire
Firefighters doused a Thursday afternoon blaze that damaged units on two floors of a Fort Lee condominium. Flames blew through two first-floor windows after breaking out in a crawlspace in the five-story brick Central Court Condominiums on Central Road shortly before 2 p.m. Firefighters had the two-alarm blaze knocked down in about an hour and under control before 3:30 p.m. It was later ruled accidental. No injuries were reported. Firefighters from Edgewater, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fairview, Leonia, Palisades Park and Ridgefield were among the mutual aid responders. Tony Greco took…
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Fire Destroys Haledon Family Restaurant
A quick-moving fire destroyed a Haledon family restaurant late Monday into Tuesday. Firefighters backed out soon after responding to the call at Metro View Grille on Haledon Avenue around 11 p.m. as flames shot through the roof of the single-story building, responders said. No injuries were reported in the three-alarm blaze, which was knocked down within 45 minutes. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Hawthorne, Paterson, Prospect Park, Wayne and Wyckoff. Haledon Avenue between Zabriskie Street and Belmont Avenue remained temporarily closed to vehicle traffic. Firefighte…
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Commercial Blaze Doused In Wallington
UPDATE: Firefighters doused a late-night commercial blaze in Wallington. The smoky, two-alarm fire broke out at a scaffolding company on Midland Avenue shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday. It was declared under control within a half hour. Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Garfield, Lodi, Passaic, Rutherford and Wood-Ridge. Midland Ave., WallingtonDamien Danis for DAILY VOICE No injuries were reported. Damien Danis took the photos and contributed to this account. At the scene.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE
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Flames Blow Through Windows Of Garfield Multi-Family Home
Flames shot out the second-floor windows and into the eaves of a Garfield multi-family home on Sunday. Firefighters needed a little over 20 minutes to knock down the bulk of the Harrison Avenue blaze after it broke out around 2:15 p.m. The two-alarm fire displaced a couple of families whose members all got out OK, responders said. EMS treated a firefighter for a minor injury at the scene. Flames shot through the windows of the Harrison Avenue home in Garfield.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Mutual aid responders included fellow firefighters from Elmwood Park, Saddle Brook and Wallington. …
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Passaic Firefighter Injured In Christmas Tree Blaze
Passaic firefighters kept a Christmas tree blaze from spreading Sunday night. A firefighter was hospitalized with a cut on his right hand in the two-alarm Passaic Avenue blaze, which broke out around 9 p.m. Firefighters quickly knocked it down before Battalion Chief Hayowyk declared the fire under control in under 40 minutes. The residents got out OK. Mutual aid included firefighters from Paterson and Clifton.
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Newark Firefighters Hospitalized With Burns Battling 2-Alarm House Blaze
Two Newark firefighters were hospitalized with burns in a two-alarm fire Friday night. The blaze broke out at the vacant, 2.5-story home at 29 Leslie St., bringing nearly 80 firefighters to the scene around 11:40 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. One side of the building collapsed before the fire was deemed under control at 12:46 a.m., after having reached two alarms. Two firefighters were burned at the scene: One to his arms, neck and face and one to his arms and neck, Ambrose said. Both were taken to University Hospital for treatment and released. No othe…
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Roof Section Blown Off Hawthorne Mixed Use Buildings
Powerful winds from the overnight Christmas storm blew a section of roof from a row of storefronts with apartments in Hawthorne. No injuries were reported in the Lafayette Avenue mishap, which firefighters said occured shortly before 12:30 a.m. They said they arrived to find the roof section resting on power lines. Firefighters made sure residents were OK, then checked for hazards and possible structural damage until nearly 3 a.m.
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22 Cats Rescued In Hawthorne Fire
VIDEO: Firefighters rescued 22 cats in a Hawthorne house blaze on Wednesday. The two-alarm fire broke out on the top floor of the three-family home on Westervelt Avenue shortly after 12:30 p.m., officials said. A deck gun helped knocked down the fire, which was placed under control about an hour after it began then spent another two hours dousing hot spots. No major injuries were reported aside from cat bites sustained by two firefighters and a borough police officer. The cause wasn't immediately determined. An investigation was continuing. Mutual aid responders included firefighters fr…
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Fire Ravages Paramus Building
UPDATE: A downed power line may have been responsible for a smoky Paramus blaze doused by firefighters before dawn Thursday, responders said. The fire were reported shortly before 2 a.m. on the second floor and then the basement of a house, which had been used for offices of a construction company. on East Ridgewood Avenue just off northbound Route 17. Flames spread to the cockloft and a floor collapsed as firefighters hit the blaze above and below, responders said. They had the fire knocked down in under an hour. The cause of the fire on East Ridgewood Avenue on Paramus might have be…
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Covid-
19: Six Hackensack Firefighters Test Positive, 21 More Also Quarantined Out Of Caution
Six Hackensack firefighters who tested positive for COVID-19 were isolating and 21 others who were exposed to them were quarantining out of an “abundance of caution,” authorities said. Of the six who tested positive in the past three days, “one had moderate symptoms, two had minor symptoms and the other three were asymptomatic,” Hackensack Fire Chief Thomas J. Freeman told Daily Voice on Wednesday. Although having a quarter of the department’s firefighting force sidelined presents scheduling challenges, “we still have sufficient numbers to satisfy our minimum manning of 18 firefighter…
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Firefighters Rescue Suicidal Accused Burglar Who Jumped Into Shallow Hackensack River
The tide was rolling out when a suicidal local man suspected in a series of burglaries jumped into the Hackensack River Monday night. City firefighters pulled the troubled 32-year-old local resident from hip-deep water after he plunged more than 10 feet from a pedestrian bridge on the FDU campus around 7:40 p.m., police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. He was treated for exposure to the elements and taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of possible trauma and a mental health evaluation, DeWitt said. The jumper was recently captured and ordered released by a Central Judicial…
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Passaic Driver, 66, Trapped After High Winds Topple Tree
A Passaic driver was hospitalized after what became an extended operation after Monday's high winds knocked a huge tree onto his car. The 66-year-old wagon driver was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after the mishap at Passaic Avenue and Boulevard shortly after 10 a.m. Electric saws, a wood chipper and other equipment were summoned as firefighters extricated him. Passaic Avenue was closed between Boulevard and Lafayette Avenue throughout the job. Crushed.Rashon Matto
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