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One Hospitalized, 13 Displaced After Multi-Alarm Fire In Newark: FD One Hospitalized, 13 Displaced After Multi-Alarm Fire In Newark: FD
One Hospitalized, 13 Displaced After Multi-Alarm Fire In Newark: FD One firefighter was injured and 13 people were displaced after a two-alarm fire in Newark on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 29, authorities said. At 9:24 a.m., firefighters responded to 356 . 6th Street, a three-story residential building and immediately called a second alarm, requesting additional units to help control the blaze,  Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. One firefighter suffered a laceration to his left foot and was been transported to University Hospital for treatment, Fragé said. A second firefighter was treated at the scene by EMS for heat exhaustion and …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
3-Alarm Fire Rips Through Irvington Homes, Smoke Billows For Miles 3-Alarm Fire Rips Through Irvington Homes, Smoke Billows For Miles
3-Alarm Fire Rips Through Irvington Homes, Smoke Billows For Miles Nine families were displaced and one person was injured in a three-alarm fire that ripped through Irvington rowhomes Tuesday evening, Oct. 15, police said, The fire broke out in a vacant residential building at 71 Montgomery Street and spread to multiple other homes around 5 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. The fire occurred on the border of Irvington and Newark. A third alarm was called at 5:26 p.m. as the fire extended to other homes. The fire was placed under control at 6:51 p.m. One elderly man was injured and transported to University Hospital for treatment.&…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Fire Ravages Passaic Multi-Family Home, Displaces 18 Fire Ravages Passaic Multi-Family Home, Displaces 18
Fire Ravages Passaic Multi-Family Home, Displaces 18 VIDEO: Eight families were displaced by an intense fire that destroyed a Passaic multi-family home Friday night. No injuries were reported. Flames blew through the roof, part of which collapsed less than a half-hour after the four-alarm blaze broke out on the second floor of the wood-frame building at Hope and Highland avenues around 8 p.m. "Thank God everyone is out, safe and accounted for," Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. Eighteen people in all received temporary food, lodging and clothing thanks to the Red Cross and the city. Most were able to find shelter with family, Lora said. Fir…

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by Jerry DeMarco