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Two Critically Burned Victims Rescued After Porch Candle Ignites Maplewood House Blaze
UPDATE: Two men were clinging to life with critical burns after firefighters rescued them from an overnight blaze that engulfed a Maplewood home. The two-alarm fire broke out on a porch of the 2½-story wood-frame house on Essex Avenue, trapping three residents inside, around 3:20 a.m., responders said. A candle left burning on the front porch apparently was to blame, fire officials said. Police were first on the scene and got an elderly woman out, they said. Firefighters located one of the men on the first floor and rescued the other from the second floor with a ground ladder. Both were…
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: Roaring Blaze Destroys Garfield Apartment Building
A fast-moving fire destroyed a Garfield apartment building before dawn Thursday. The general-alarm blaze broke out at the 91 Jewell Street Apartments around 1:30 a.m. and quickly consumed the top floor and roof of the three-story multi-family building. Garfield police forced their way in and got all residents to safety, Police Capt. Richard Uram said. One resident was hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Two police officers were treated for smoke inhalation, Uram said. The American Red Cross relocated three families and assisted 16 other residents, the ca…
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Remnant Of 1967 Bowling Alley Blaze That Killed 5 Firefighters Donated To Ridgefield FD
Members of Ridgefield Fire Co. 2 froze in their tracks when a former Cliffside Park resident walked in carrying a badly charred bowling pin from an infamous arson fire that killed five of the borough's bravest more than 50 years ago. "It gave me chills," Fire Chief David Brierty said. Bill Trabilcy was only 12 years old when he found the pin amid the rubble of what was the Cardinal Lanes -- now the site of a five-story apartment building -- on Anderson Avenue in Cliffside Park. Dozens of firefighters from throughout East Bergen who responded to the Cardinal Lanes around 4 a.m. Oct. 15, 1…
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Massive Fire Consumes South Jersey Strip Mall
Firefighters battled a massive blaze Friday that consumed a strip mall in Cherry Hill. There was no immediate word on what might have caused the blaze, which broke out at a business in the shopping center and sent flames into the air shortly before 11 a.m. Several ladder trucks were in operation after the roof of the structure collapsed, followed soon after by huge portions of the facade. Firefighters continued battling the blaze well past noon. No injuries were reported. At the scene of the fire in Cherry Hill.FOX29 LIVE COVERAGE: Strip mall fire in Cherry HillFOX10 News
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: Fire Ravages Elmwood Park Multi-Family Home
An Elmwood Park multi-family home went up in flames Saturday night. Responders were met by flames and heavy smoke at the Fournier Crescent home just after 8:30 p.m. Hoarding conditions contributed to the extent of the two-alarm fire, which quickly spread to the attic, they said. One firefighter was injured, though not seriously, responders said. Two cats may have been lost. The Fournier Crescent fire quickly spread.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The main body of the fire was knocked down shortly after 9 p.m. The blaze was declared under control a little over an hour after that. Mutual …
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36 Displaced In Jersey City Fire
A car fire spread to a two-story home displacing 36 people early Wednesday morning, fire officials said. Firefighters responded to the multi-alarm blaze at the 400 block of Mercer Street around 3:30 a.m. The blaze spread across an alleyway to neighboring homes, affecting 10 families. The fire was under control in approximately one hour and no injuries were reported.
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Landlord Gets Three Years In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire
A landlord who failed to follow state codes was sentenced Friday to a plea-bargained three years in state prison for a 2016 fire that killed a 5-year-old Little Ferry girl and her grandmother. "Today was a very difficult time for me and my family," wrote one of the victims after Gary L’Heruex, 61, of Tenafly was sentenced in Superior Court in Hackensack. "We had to relieve that night where we almost lost our lives in that horrible fire. "It took almost four years, but today, we got justice," she added. "Now we can finally start healing and those two precious people that passed can finally …
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: Quick Response Contains Ridgefield Park Industrial Blaze
UPDATE: With help from a sprinkler system and colleagues from other towns, Ridgefield Park firefighters doused a warehouse blaze Wednesday night. The fire was reported around 5:45 p.m. after someone working at the Industrial Avenue building heard a popping sound and saw smoke, responders said. The blaze quickly went to three alarms, with two more for coverage, they said. Bogota, Cliffside Park, Hackensack and Little Ferry firefighters were among those providing mutual aid either at the scene or for the village. Several ladders quickly were put into operation and a trench was cut to help …
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Fireworks May Have Caused New Year's Elizabeth Fire That Displaced 20 People (
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Nearly two dozen people were displaced in a fire at a three-story house in Elizabeth overnight New Year's Eve. Flames were shooting through the walls of 163 Westfield Ave., when firefighters responded around 4 a.m., reports say. One resident said that someone had been shooting off fireworks on an upstairs level of the home just before the fire broke out. Firefighters were ordered out of the house when smoke and fire began engulfing the house, bringing the blaze to a third alarm, reports say. The house was deemed untenable, and nearly two dozen people were displaced.
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Quick Response Protects More Than 30 Families Fleeing Passaic Apartment Building Fire
Thanks to Passaic police, firefighters and tenants themselves, no one was injured in a suspicious Sunday morning apartment building fire that sent flames through the roof, authorities said. Police who got there quickly knocked on doors and got the more than 80 residents out of nearly three dozen apartments in the four-story building at the corner of 4th and Bergen streets, Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost said. "We pulled up and got the lines in place fast," Trentacost said, noting that the blaze began in an upper floor stairwell and spread to the roof. "This type of fire gets away very quick…
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Burning Wires Fall In Ramsey, Jam Area Traffic
Ramsey firefighters doused separate mini-blazes sparked Monday by downed utility lines blocks apart. Burning wires fell on Lake Street at Franklin Turnpike in front of Eastwick College and on Canterbury Drive, spreading to some brush. PSE&G shut down power to the area so that firefighters could extinguish the blazes. Lake Street was temporarily closed in both directions from Franklin Turnpike to Debaun Avenue, creating a traffic mess. No injuries were reported. Borough police and the Ramsey Rescue Squad also responded. Lake Street was closed from Franklin Turnpike to Debaun Avenu…
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Small Fire At New Milford Nursing Home Forces Evacuation; Staffers Hospitalized
The residents of a New Milford care facility were safely removed after a small but smoky fire broke out Thursday morning, Chief of Police Brian Clancy said. Police responded to Woodcrest Center Care One on River Road at about 9 a.m. on a report of fire on the second floor. Officers Darrell Marshall and William Reardon, along with staff, helped get a number of disabled patients out safely, Clancy said. The small fire, which started on a bed and spread to a wall, was extinguished by the facility's sprinkler system and contained to a single room, Clancy said. The room was empty whe…
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