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Unattended Pot Ignites Westwood Condo Fire Unattended Pot Ignites Westwood Condo Fire
Unattended Pot Ignites Westwood Condo Fire Firefighters from several Pascack Valley companies rallied to the aid of their Westwood colleagues during a Friday morning kitchen fire at a local condo. Rapid response helped firefighters contain the two-alarm blaze, which apparently was ignited just after 11 a.m. by an unattended pot on a stove in a first-floor unit at the Roxbury condominium complex on Fairview Avenue. An adjacent unit sustained smoke damage, responders said, adding that dozens of others had door locks damaged as firefighters went on unit-by-unit search to be sure the flames hadn’t spread. One firefighter sustained a ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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30 Units Destroyed, Firefighter Hospitalized In Riverdale Condo Fire 30 Units Destroyed, Firefighter Hospitalized In Riverdale Condo Fire
30 Units Destroyed, Firefighter Hospitalized In Riverdale Condo Fire A fire at a Riverdale condo complex displaced residents of nearly 30 units and sent a firefighter to the hospital for evaluation, authorities said. Everyone made it out of Building 4 at The Grande safely when officers arrived around 10:15 p.m. Friday to find a fourth-floor balcony in flames, Riverdale police said in a news release. A firefighter was taken to the hospital as a precaution, authorities said. Riverdale firefighters and surrounding agencies knocked the blaze down before it spread to the roof, police said. The Red Cross was helping the displaced residents.

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by Cecilia Levine