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Compactor Fire Clears Route 4 Mall

The Shops at Riverside off Route 4 in Hackensack was evacuated Tuesday as city firefighters doused a compactor blaze.

Hackensack firefighters got a tractor to pull the compactor out.

Hackensack firefighters got a tractor to pull the compactor out.

 Photo Credit: Jerry DeMarco
At the Shops at Riverside off Route 4 in Hackensack.

At the Shops at Riverside off Route 4 in Hackensack.

 Photo Credit: Jerry DeMarco
At the scene.

At the scene.

 Photo Credit: Jerry DeMarco
Jerry DeMarco

Sprinklers temporarily kept the fire in check before firefighters took over on the Macy's loading dock beneath the parking garage shortly before 2 p.m.

A DPW truck pulled the contractor out so they could extinguish the blaze.

The fire didn’t spread to the interior of the mall, responders said.

Teaneck and Bogota firefighters provided mutual aid.

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