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Firefighters Battle Frigid Temps To Douse Ridgefield Blaze Firefighters Battle Frigid Temps To Douse Ridgefield Blaze
Firefighters Battle Frigid Temps To Douse Ridgefield Blaze Ridgefield firefighters conquered frigid temperatures to quickly snuff a weekend blaze. The two-alarm electrical fire ignited in an attic vent at the single-family Shaler Boulevard home at Lancaster Road shortly before 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, responders said. "They made a great stop," a mutual aid provider said. "It could have been a lot worse, but because of their quick response they were able to knock it down quick." Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Cliffside Park, Fairview, Leonia and Palisades Park, as well as borough police and EMS. No injuries were reported. Jo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hopatcong Car Blaze Spreads To Woods, Melts Siding Of Nearby Building Hopatcong Car Blaze Spreads To Woods, Melts Siding Of Nearby Building
Hopatcong Car Blaze Spreads To Woods, Melts Siding Of Nearby Building A Hopatcong car fire spread to a nearby patch of woods and melted the siding of a building before crews doused the blaze Wednesday night, authorities said. The fully involved fire was reported on Brooklyn Mountain Road around 4 p.m., according to the Hopatcong Fire Department, which responded within minutes. Upon arrival, crews found that the fire had spread to a wooded area nearby and melted the siding of an adjacent structure, the department said. The members split up to extinguish both parts of the blaze and ensure that no one was injured. This evening, around 4pm your local volun…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Hardyston Church Blaze Was Contained Thanks To Closed Door, Authorities Say Hardyston Church Blaze Was Contained Thanks To Closed Door, Authorities Say
Hardyston Church Blaze Was Contained Thanks To Closed Door, Authorities Say A closed office door at a Hardyston church is to thank for the minimal damage sustained in a fire that otherwise could've been much worse, officials said. Fire crews responded to Christian Faith Fellowship Church on Route 94 after alarms sounded in the office around 6:30 p.m. Monday, NJHerald reports. Fortunately, the doors to the church’s office were closed, proving to be a critical factor in keeping it contained to the room and a small carpeted area outside. The Sussex County Fire Marshal’s Office and fire crews from Sparta, Hamburg, Franklin, McAfee, and Ogdensburg were called to assist…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Burned Firefighter Hospitalized In Newark Blaze Burned Firefighter Hospitalized In Newark Blaze
Burned Firefighter Hospitalized In Newark Blaze A firefighter was hospitalized with burns while battling a nighttime Newark blaze that damaged two homes. He was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston Thursday night with wounds that weren’t considered life-threatening, fellow firefighters said. Responders found heavy flames between a pair of 2 ½-story wood-frame homes in the 200 block of North Street, one of which was vacant, shortly before 9:30p.m. The fire extended into the basement and the upper floors and cockloft of one of the homes, they said. Firefighters got the blaze under control in about an hour. The Red Cross te…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
TRAGEDY: Beloved Bloomfield Landlord Spent 89th Birthday Watching Building Burn TRAGEDY: Beloved Bloomfield Landlord Spent 89th Birthday Watching Building Burn
Tragedy: Beloved Bloomfield Landlord Spent 89th Birthday Watching Building Burn Nick Zois spent the better part of the last 60 years readying 55 Washington St. in Bloomfield for new tenants. Many business owners credit Zois, the owner of local commercial icon Roxy Florist, for making their business dreams come true. But on the morning of his 89th birthday, Zois watched helplessly as his building burned. "He's not your everyday landlord," said Jacqueline Apicella De Dios, who currently works in Montclair but worked on the second floor of the building at Bloomfield Center Alliance for many years. "He's looking to better the community and bring in business that will ma…

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by Cecilia Levine