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Police & Fire
Massive Apartment Fire Displaces 25+ People, Injures Six First Responders In South Jersey
More than two dozen people were without homes and six first responders were injured after a fire destroyed several apartments in Pine Hill, according to officials and reports. The fire started at the 16-unit apartment building on West Branch Avenue on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Camden County firefighters union said in a Facebook post. "First-arriving firefighters found heavy fire showing from the building, people jumping from balconies, and received a report of at least one person trapped," International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 3249 posted. Last night just a…
Police & Fire
Woman Rescued From Roof 'Lost Everything' In South Jersey House Fire: Fundraiser
A Delanco Township woman was sedated in a hospital after she was rescued from a roof on her burning home, officials said. Firefighters responded to the home on the 300 block of Burlington Avenue at around 4:50 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 14, the Delanco Fire Company said in a Facebook post. Delanco police officers rescued a woman from a porch roof before fire crews arrived. A GoFundMe page identified the woman as Darlene Rockemore and she was brought to a Philadelphia-area hospital for smoke inhalation. "Currently, she has been sedated and intubated," wrote Marcus Cauthorne, Rockemore's…
Police & Fire
Man Stabbed, Woman Airlifted In South Jersey Assault, House Fire: Police
Two people were hospitalized after a stabbing and a house fire in Bridgeton, authorities said. Bridgeton police responded to a 27-year-old man who arrived at Inspira Hospital on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 5, the department said in a news release. Officers learned the man was an assault victim suffering from "non-life-threatening" stab wounds. Investigators said the stabbing happened in a home on the 100 block of Oak Street. Firefighters responded after officers saw heavy smoke at the home and the firefighters put out the fire. A 34-year-old woman suffered smoke inh…
Police & Fire
Hero
: South Jersey Police Officer Saved Fire Victim's Life, Chief Says
A police officer from South Jersey is credited with saving the life of a resident during a recent fire. The fire broke out at about 4 p.m. on June 16 on the 1800 block of Sagemore Drive in Evesham. Evesham Patrol Officer Kevin Long was the first on the scene, shortly followed by the Evesham Fire Department. Long discovered that a resident was trapped inside the burning home, Police Chief Walt Miller said in a press statement. "Without hesitation and under extreme hazardous conditions, Officer Long entered the home, navigating through almost zero v…
News
NJ Volunteer Firefighter Thrown 100 Feet In Refinery Explosion Sees Wave Of Support
An Atlantic County volunteer fire department is asking for help after its assistant fire chief was severely injured in an oil refinery explosion. The Milmay Volunteer Fire Company said it happened while Michael Black was battling a fire at his career firefighting job at the Phillips 66 refinery in Linden. "Mike is okay but has a road of recovery ahead," the fire company posted on Facebook. The fire company set up a GoFundMe page to collect money for Black and more than $4,700 had been raised from at least 42 donations as of Tuesday, Jan. 23. The fundraiser page said Black was responding to…
Police & Fire
South Jersey Family Loses Everything In House Fire, Dogs Hospitalized
Two dogs were hospitalized after a house fire destroyed a Burlington County home, friends say. Luckily, Brittany and Jimmy Enright and their two young children were not at home when it caught fire in Marlton, but their dogs suffered from smoke inhalation. "Nothing in the house is salvageable," Annie Fox of Cherry Hill Township wrote on a GoFundMe page. "They lost absolutely everything!" Veterinary bills for Ace and Gracie had already reached $15,000, she said. "On a positive note we received updates from the hospital that the dogs are doing well," Fox wrote on Monday, May 22. Click…
Police & Fire
Young
Heroes
: Neighborhood Kids Save Bedridden Woman After Dog Starts West Milford House Fire
A bedridden West Milford woman's home had quickly begun filling with smoke after her dog accidentally ignited a fire on her kitchen stove. "This was close to being a fatal," one responder said. It wasn't, authorities said, because four neighborhood youngsters who heard alarms quickly ran to get help. Township Police Officers Randy Yevchak and Bill Pittelko and Company 3 Fire Chief Keith Weber forced open the door and found the Ridge Road home at the corner of Juanita Street filled with smoke shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday, May 13, Fire Public Information Officer Rich Poplaski said. The wo…
Police & Fire
Dogs Woke Fire Victim But Home Destroyed In Central Jersey
A Central Jersey woman and her dogs are recovering after their home was heavily damaged by fire last week. Friends have come to the aid of Valentina Mejia who was asleep when she was abruptly woken up by her dogs barking. A fire had broken out Wednesday, April 26, on the first floor of her house, Alex Errico of Piscataway wrote on this GoFundMe page. Fortunately she was able to escape and her two dogs were soon rescued by first responders.Valentina was hospitalized for the following five days in the ICU. Her dogs were taken to the animal hospital and stayed several nights to heal…
News
Update
: Authorities ID Three Seniors Killed In Clifton House Fire
A 95-year-old woman and two fellow residents – 71 and 65 – were identified Saturday as the victims found dead in a Clifton house fire. Three firefighters, a Clifton police officer and a fourth resident also were injured in the blaze in a corner house on Ladwick Lane at Renaissance Drive near Van Houten Avenue in the city’s Athenia section on Nov. 18, authorities said. Firefighters found two of the deceased victims on the second floor and another in the basement after the blaze broke out in the multi-family home around 7:30 p.m. Killed were: Helen Popovich, 95; Elaine Warga, 71; Steven W…
Police & Fire
18 Families Displaced By South Jersey Apartment Fire
At least 18 families were displaced by an apartment house fire in Galloway, authorities said. The fire broke out at 5:07 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29 at Apache Court, Galloway police said. Upon arrival, police officers observed a fully engulfed building containing dozens of apartments. All surrounding fire departments were notified and responded to the scene. Once several fire departments arrived, they were able to gain control of the large fire and extinguish it. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Galloway Township EMS treated numerous victims for smoke i…
Police & Fire
Police Detective Hospitalized After Rescuing Dog From Mercer County House Fire
A police detective was hospitalized after rescuing a dog from a house fire in Mercer County, authorities said. Officers responding to 109 Browning Ave. in Ewing saw smoke billowing from the home around 9 a.m. on Thursday, June 2, the Ewing Police Department said. While the residents had safely escaped the home prior to officers’ arrival, the homeowner told police that a dog was still trapped inside. Det. Julia Caldwell immediately entered the home alongside patrol units and successfully rescued the dog before being treated for smoke inhalation and rushed to a local hospital for further med…
Police & Fire
Toddler, Dad Drop From Burning South Brunswick Apartment
A father and his toddler child were uninjured when they dropped into the arms of first responders from the second-floor balcony of their burning South Brunswick apartment Monday, March 7. Four people were being treated for smoke inhalation and at least 50 residents of the South Ridge Apartments in the Monmouth Junction section of the township were displaced, police said. First responders in South Brunswick caught a toddler and father who dropped from a second-floor balcony on Monday.Twitter/ South Brunswick PD Command was reporting that the fire was being fought in defensive mode only. …
Police & Fire
Victims Suffer Smoke Inhalation In Cape May Fire: FD
Two people suffered from smoke inhalation in Cape May County. At about noon Wednesday, North Wildwood firefighters responded to a structure fire at 217 E. 24th Ave. in North Wildwood, according to Fire Chief Dominick J. McClain. Fire crews arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the home and reports of an occupant inside on oxygen, McClain said. The fire was extinguished within a few minutes and the situation was placed under control, McClain said. All occupants escaped safely, he said. Police officers removed the oxygen bottles from the dwelling, he said. Two patients were trea…
Police & Fire
Firefighters Battle Serious Blaze In South Jersey: Developing
Firefighters, police and EMS crews were called to a serious fire in South Jersey, authorities said. The fire broke out before noon Wednesday at 51 Pinafore Lane in Willingboro, reports said. At least one person was seriously injured and had to be airlifted by a medical hospital to an area hospital, according to an unconfirmed reports. The female victim was being flown to Temple Burn Unit, the unconfirmed report said about 1 p.m. Willingboro police could only confirm that there was an active fire. The Willingboro fire was reported under control at 12:20 p.m. Willingboro's f…
Police & Fire
1 Airlifted, Firefighter Injured In Gloucester County Barn Fire (
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The owner of a house and barn that caught fire was flown to a hospital for smoke inhalation in rural Gloucester County Wednesday morning, first responders said. The fire started just after 7 a.m. in the 200 block of South Tuckahoe Road in Monroe Township, Monroe Township Emergency Medical Services BLS 29-9 said on Facebook. At the sceneMonroe Township Emergency Medical Services BLS 29-9 One patient was treated by Gloucester County EMS and flown to the local burn center, while a firefighter was treated for minor injury and released on scene, they said. Investigators are still trying to…
Police & Fire
Video Shows NJ Officer Risking His Life On Thanksgiving To Save Driver From Burning Car
A heart-stopping video posted by a Middlesex County police department shows an officer running out of his car to rescue a driver from a burning vehicle in a Thanksgiving Day crash. The 3-minute and 40-second dashcam tape shows Monroe Township officer Douglas Perrone jumping out of his vehicle to Pergola Avenue near Namsan Drive around 8:40 p.m., and running straight to the fully-engulfed Ford Fusion -- the driver trapped inside. Perrone tried using his fire extinguisher to put out the blaze, but when that wasn't working, he climbed inside of the vehicle and pulled the driver from the …
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