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Box Truck Rams Gas Pump, Igniting Fire On Northbound Route 17 In Upper Saddle River Box Truck Rams Gas Pump, Igniting Fire On Northbound Route 17 In Upper Saddle River
Box Truck Rams Gas Pump, Igniting Fire On Northbound Route 17 In Upper Saddle River A box truck whose driver swerved to avoid colliding with another vehicle careened off northbound Route 17 in Upper Saddle River and slammed into a service station pump, igniting a pre-dawn fire Thursday. The 38-year-old driver from Perth Amboy wasn’t injured in the crash at the Valero station just before the Upper Saddle River/Ramsey exit shortly after 4:30 a.m., Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. Members of the borough’s volunteer fire department doused the blaze, the lieutenant said. A hazardous materials unit responded and found no need for further action, he said. ****** ALSO SEE: …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Rockaway Family Escapes Weekend Blaze Rockaway Family Escapes Weekend Blaze
Rockaway Family Escapes Weekend Blaze A Rockaway family of five escaped a weekend fire that destroyed part of their house, township officials said. Two parents and three children were staying with a neighbor after a blaze that started in their Whitfield Court chimney spread into the attic Saturday evening, Councilman Tucker Kelley said. "The parents and their three children have received temporary housing and many of their belongings were saved as well," Kelley said.  Responders included firefighters from Rockaway Township, Rockaway Borough, Boonton, Denville, Kinnelon, Picatinny and West Milford.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Discarded Cigarette Ignited Fire That Ravaged River Vale Home, Responders Say Discarded Cigarette Ignited Fire That Ravaged River Vale Home, Responders Say
Discarded Cigarette Ignited Fire That Ravaged River Vale Home, Responders Say UPDATE: A smoldering cigarette discarded in a planter ignited a fire that blew through the roof of a River Vale home last week, authorities said. A resident of the Pascack Avenue home "was smoking a cigarette outside hours earlier," a law enforcement contact with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. "She put it out in a planter and it smoldered for hours until it ignited." Two dogs were rescued from the 2½-story home near the Harrington Park border after the fire broke out the night of Feb. 13, authorities said. No one else was inside, they said. Responders included firefigh…

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by Jerry DeMarco