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Friday, nov 29
Police & Fire
Condo
Fire
: Mahwah Resident, 52, Fell Asleep On Couch With Lit Cigarette, Police Say
A Mahwah condo resident was hospitalized with minor injuries after he fell asleep on a couch with a lighted cigarette that ignited a smoky fire, authorities said. Officers and firefighters found smoke pouring from the rear window of a Hemingway Lane residence in the Ridge Gardens Condominiums complex just after 4 a.m., Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Firefighters found the 52-year-old victim unconscious on the still-smoldering couch in a rear room of the ground-floor apartment, Jaffe said. They carried him outside to safety with help from Officer Thomas Mitchell, the chief said. Sprinkl…
Police & Fire
Condo
Fire
: Mahwah Resident, 52, Fell Asleep On Couch With Lit Cigarette, Police Say
A Mahwah condo resident was hospitalized with minor injuries after he fell asleep on a couch with a lighted cigarette that ignited a smoky fire, authorities said. Officers and firefighters found smoke pouring from the rear window of a Hemingway Lane residence in the Ridge Gardens Condominiums complex just after 4 a.m., Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said.Firefighters found the 52-year-old victim unconscious on the still-smoldering couch in a rear room of the ground-floor apartment, Jaffe said.They carried him outside to safety with help from Officer Thomas Mitchell, the chief said. Sp…
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Following 2nd Fire At Kearny Chlorine Plant, Sierra Club Calls For Investigation
A fire that broke out at a Kearny manufacturer of swimming pool chlorine in May proved unusually difficult to extinguish, repeatedly rekindling over the course of several hours after firefighters thought it had darkened down for good. On Wednesday, nearly two months after the fire had finally been put out, the Alden Leeds plant on Kearny’s industrial waterfront was burning once again. The more recent blaze was quickly put out and had not flared back to life as of Thursday afternoon, but the state’s leading environmental group says this second fire since May underscores the danger the pla…
Police & Fire
Overnight Fire Damages Waldwick Pizza, Fills Adjacent Businesses With Smoke
Sprinklers at a Waldwick pizzeria kept a blaze at bay until borough firefighters could douse it around midnight Monday, authorities said. Smoke poured through Waldwick Pizza, as well as the adjacent Waldwick Bar and Liquors, Waldwick Wash and Dry and Giant Farmers Market on Wyckoff Avenue. Firefighters forced open the pizzeria's rear door to get at the flames, which were tamped by sprinklers. A second alarm brought additional manpower to the smoky blaze. No injuries were reported. Borough Police Officer Jake Wanamaker was on patrol when he heard the alarm, saw the fire and al…
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Vernon Family Displaced By House Fire: 'They Lost Everything'
A Vernon family was displaced over the weekend in a house fire. The Keough family lost everything in the Saturday evening blaze that spread quickly from the garage to the rest of the house around 9:20 p.m. Neil Keough's adult son and his girlfriend safely made it out of the house, which had partially collapsed and was deemed too dangerous to enter when firefighters arrived. Seven fire companies responded with Vernon police, the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office and fire marshals on scene Sunday morning investigating. "All I care about is my kids," Neil Keough apparently told Sue Jensen, w…
Police & Fire
Overnight Fire Severely Damages Lyndhurst Home
The first-floor residents of a Lyndhurst house being renovated made it to safety without injury overnight Tuesday after a fire broke out upstairs. Investigators suspect oil-soaked rags improperly discarded by contractors staining the upper residence’s floors might be responsible for the Summit Avenue blaze, Police Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. All three adult residents downstairs got out OK after the sound of glass breaking from the flames woke one of them just after 1:45 a.m., he said. “The second floor was vacant and under renovation,” Auteri said. “A contractor was on the premises…
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Wash. Twp. Police Officer Smells Smoke, Evacuates Units Before Townhouse Fire Spreads
More damage from a townhouse fire may have been done had a nearby police officer not smelled smoke. Officer Adam Feichter was completing an investigation with Cpl. Kirk Griffin last Saturday, when he noticed smoke coming from one of the Hasting Square Townhouses around 4:30 p.m., Police Lt. Douglas Compton said. The officers made sure no one was home before evacuating the adjacent units, as the Washington Township Fire Department knocked out the blaze with help from mutual aid companies, Compton said. "The cause of the fire does not appear to be suspicious in nature and the townh…
Police & Fire
Fire Ravages Clutter-Filled Teaneck Home
Flames roared through the upper-floor windows of a Teaneck home that responders said was filled with clutter. No injuries were reported in the two-alarm Beverly Road blaze, which broke out around 10:30 p.m. Friday amid what responders said were hoarding conditions. Hackensack and Englewood firefighters joined their Teaneck colleagues at the scene, while those from Bergenfield, Bogota and Ridgefield Park covered the township. No immediate official cause had been disclosed.
Police & Fire
Ramsey Firefighters Contain Pre-Dawn Garage Blaze
Ramsey firefighters contained a pre-dawn attached garage blaze Tuesday before it extended into the home. The Elbert Street house sustained some smoke damage after firefighters pulled down the wall and ceiling of an adjoining bathroom to be sure the flames hadn't spread. No one was hurt in the 5:30 a.m. two-alarm blaze, which responders said was doused in a half hour or so. The cause hadn't officially been declared. Allendale and Mahwah firefighters joined their Ramsey colleagues, who included Ramsey Rescue. Borough police and EMS also responded. It was the second working fire in a little…
Police & Fire
Mother's Memorial Candles Fuel Fire At Daughter's Saddle Brook Gravesite
A fire that ravaged a gravesite in Saddle Brook on Wednesday apparently was ignited by candles left by the deceased’s mother, authorities said. Township volunteer firefighters and maintenance workers at St. Mary’s Cemetery doused the blaze, which destroyed several items left by the woman as a memorial to her daughter, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. At least one of several lighted candles surrounding the grave “may have broken open, spilling hot wax onto the leaves, flowers and other memorial artifacts left at the grave,” Kugler said. The woman “often visits” the gravesite, he said. …
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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.
Police & Fire
Discarded Cigarette Ignited Fire That Ravaged River Vale Home, Responders Say
UPDATE: A smoldering cigarette discarded in a planter ignited a fire that blew through the roof of a River Vale home last week, authorities said. A resident of the Pascack Avenue home "was smoking a cigarette outside hours earlier," a law enforcement contact with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. "She put it out in a planter and it smoldered for hours until it ignited." Two dogs were rescued from the 2½-story home near the Harrington Park border after the fire broke out the night of Feb. 13, authorities said. No one else was inside, they said. Responders included firefigh…
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