The driver escaped serious injury after his box truck from Woodland Park struck a tree on Madison Avenue off the corner of 8th Street shortly after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 12.
Branches then hit wires that energized the garage area of a nearby home.
Cresskill firefighters got there quickly and had the blaze under control within 20 minutes.
No injuries were reported.
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