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Firefighters Douse Ridgewood Garage Blaze
Ridgewood firefighters doused a smoky detached-garage blaze Monday morning. Firefighters contended with a live downed power line as they kept flames from spreading to the Avondale Road home shortly after 8:30 a.m. They had the fire knocked down within 10 minutes or so. No injuries were reported. The cause wasn't immediately identified. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Village firefighters contained the blaze to the garage on Avondale Road in Ridgewood.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
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Video Captures Explosion In Massive Jersey City Fire, At Least 20 Homeless
A 4-alarm fire tore through a row of Jersey City homes early April 5. Nearly two dozen Terrace Avenue residents were displaced as a result. At least two people were rescued from the homes, before flames spread to a car parked in front of one of them, NBC reports. Footage captured by neighbor Sky Aviles shows the moment a car tire exploded in the massive blaze that brought more than 100 firefighters to the scene. The cause remains under investigation. Jersey City fireSky Aviles Jersey City Heights fireSky Aviles Terrace AvenueSky Aviles
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Two For One: Lyndhurst Fires Doused At Multi-Family Home, Senior Building Blocks Apart
UPDATE: Firefighters doused a pair of Lyndhurst blazes less than two hours and barely a half-mile apart Wednesday morning, one of them in a public housing building filled mostly with seniors. Two minor injuries were reported, said responders who credited a rapid response by police and firefighters who essentially ran from one two-alarm blaze to the next. Police Sgt. Steve Passamano and Officer Nicolette Villani, responding to a 7:51 a.m. call, forced their way into an unoccupied third-floor unit of the five-story Joseph A. Carucci Apartments on Stuyvesant Avenue, Detective Lt. Vincent Aute…
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Junior Firefighter Critically Injured In Ridgefield Park Blaze
UPDATE: A firefighter and police officer saved the life of a junior firefighter from Ridgefield Park when he was critically injured in an explosion behind a village restaurant, authorities said Monday. The 17-year-old Ridgefield Park High School senior remained in stable but critical condition following several surgeries at Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. The junior firefighter, whose name was withheld because of his age, had completed a training exercise before the call came in at 2:12 p.m. Sunday, Fire Chief John Antola Jr. said. A fire had erupted in a makeshift wo…
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UPDATE: A smoky two-alarm fire ravaged a Fair Lawn home on Tuesday. No injuries were immediately reported in the moments after the two-alarm fire broke out in the single-story Pomona Avenue residence shortly after 11 a.m. “The fire was in the rear of the house and spreading," Fair Lawn Fire Chief Thomas Carney said. "We made an aggressive attack inside the house but due to the heavy fire and heat, the firefighters had difficultly locating access to the attic." Then the roof in back collapsed (stories continues below). Fair Lawn firefighters had to battle the blaze from outside.Tony G…
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Units Damaged In Fort Lee Condo Fire
Firefighters doused a Thursday afternoon blaze that damaged units on two floors of a Fort Lee condominium. Flames blew through two first-floor windows after breaking out in a crawlspace in the five-story brick Central Court Condominiums on Central Road shortly before 2 p.m. Firefighters had the two-alarm blaze knocked down in about an hour and under control before 3:30 p.m. It was later ruled accidental. No injuries were reported. Firefighters from Edgewater, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fairview, Leonia, Palisades Park and Ridgefield were among the mutual aid responders. Tony Greco took…
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Fire Destroys Haledon Family Restaurant
A quick-moving fire destroyed a Haledon family restaurant late Monday into Tuesday. Firefighters backed out soon after responding to the call at Metro View Grille on Haledon Avenue around 11 p.m. as flames shot through the roof of the single-story building, responders said. No injuries were reported in the three-alarm blaze, which was knocked down within 45 minutes. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Hawthorne, Paterson, Prospect Park, Wayne and Wyckoff. Haledon Avenue between Zabriskie Street and Belmont Avenue remained temporarily closed to vehicle traffic. Firefighte…
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Commercial Blaze Doused In Wallington
UPDATE: Firefighters doused a late-night commercial blaze in Wallington. The smoky, two-alarm fire broke out at a scaffolding company on Midland Avenue shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday. It was declared under control within a half hour. Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Garfield, Lodi, Passaic, Rutherford and Wood-Ridge. Midland Ave., WallingtonDamien Danis for DAILY VOICE No injuries were reported. Damien Danis took the photos and contributed to this account. At the scene.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE
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Flames Blow Through Windows Of Garfield Multi-Family Home
Flames shot out the second-floor windows and into the eaves of a Garfield multi-family home on Sunday. Firefighters needed a little over 20 minutes to knock down the bulk of the Harrison Avenue blaze after it broke out around 2:15 p.m. The two-alarm fire displaced a couple of families whose members all got out OK, responders said. EMS treated a firefighter for a minor injury at the scene. Flames shot through the windows of the Harrison Avenue home in Garfield.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Mutual aid responders included fellow firefighters from Elmwood Park, Saddle Brook and Wallington. …
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Passaic Firefighter Injured In Christmas Tree Blaze
Passaic firefighters kept a Christmas tree blaze from spreading Sunday night. A firefighter was hospitalized with a cut on his right hand in the two-alarm Passaic Avenue blaze, which broke out around 9 p.m. Firefighters quickly knocked it down before Battalion Chief Hayowyk declared the fire under control in under 40 minutes. The residents got out OK. Mutual aid included firefighters from Paterson and Clifton.
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Roof Section Blown Off Hawthorne Mixed Use Buildings
Powerful winds from the overnight Christmas storm blew a section of roof from a row of storefronts with apartments in Hawthorne. No injuries were reported in the Lafayette Avenue mishap, which firefighters said occured shortly before 12:30 a.m. They said they arrived to find the roof section resting on power lines. Firefighters made sure residents were OK, then checked for hazards and possible structural damage until nearly 3 a.m.
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22 Cats Rescued In Hawthorne Fire
VIDEO: Firefighters rescued 22 cats in a Hawthorne house blaze on Wednesday. The two-alarm fire broke out on the top floor of the three-family home on Westervelt Avenue shortly after 12:30 p.m., officials said. A deck gun helped knocked down the fire, which was placed under control about an hour after it began then spent another two hours dousing hot spots. No major injuries were reported aside from cat bites sustained by two firefighters and a borough police officer. The cause wasn't immediately determined. An investigation was continuing. Mutual aid responders included firefighters fr…
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