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Tree Falls On Home, Causes Fire In Warren County Tree Falls On Home, Causes Fire In Warren County
Tree Falls On Home, Causes Fire In Warren County A home in Warren County caught fire after a tree fell on the roof Wednesday night, Sept. 13, responders said. The blaze broke out at a home on Kill Road in Knowlton Township just before 9 p.m., according to the Knowlton Township Fire and Rescue Company. The Blairstown Hose Company #1 and Portland Hook & Ladder Co. were initially dispatched but later canceled. Crews found that the fire was doused by the homeowner before their arrival and had been caused by a tree that fell on the home. The fire department stayed at the scene until the power was secured by the utility company. No …

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by Valerie Musson
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UPDATE: Semi-Retired Ridgewood Marketing Exec, 66, Four Cats Killed In House Fire UPDATE: Semi-Retired Ridgewood Marketing Exec, 66, Four Cats Killed In House Fire
Update: Semi-Retired Ridgewood Marketing Exec, 66, Four Cats Killed In House Fire UPDATE: A semi-retired Ridgewood woman and her four cats were killed in an overnight oven fire Monday, authorities confirmed. Responders found the body of 66-year-old Sharon Maes in the first-floor living room of her two-story North Pleasant Avenue home after fire broke out in her kitchen oven shortly before 1 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She'd apparently left something unattended and was overcome by smoke as she tried to flee, responders told Daily Voice. Maes was pronounced dead at the scene, Musella said, adding that the cause wasn't considered suspicious. Musella…

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by Jerry DeMarco