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UPDATE: Body Found In NJ River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase UPDATE: Body Found In NJ River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase
Update: Body Found In NJ River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase UPDATE: Authorities on Thursday tentatively identified a man whose body was recovered from a New Jersey river following a police chase. They also officially acknowledged that the incident was being investigated. The announcement follows a story by Daily Voice exploring the circumstances that led to the death of Thadius Wilder, a 35-year-old father of five from Passaic whose body apparently was in the water for two days before it was discovered. Wilder’s body was removed from the Passaic River below Route 21 after kayakers spotted it around 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, City of Passaic Police Chief…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Firefighters Keep NJ Warehouse Blaze From Reaching 50 Tons Of Chlorine Firefighters Keep NJ Warehouse Blaze From Reaching 50 Tons Of Chlorine
Firefighters Keep NJ Warehouse Blaze From Reaching 50 Tons Of Chlorine UPDATE: Authorities on Saturday said they'd finally gotten a massive industrial complex fire in Passaic under control nearly a dozen hours after it broke out. More than 200 firefighters fought the 11-alarm blaze, which forced evacuations of nearby homes, sent potentially dangerous smoke into the air and prompted officials to urge residents to keep their windows closed. The smoke reportedly was spotted on weather radar. Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora called the fire “the worst that I’ve ever seen.” Fortunately, he said, firefighters were able to keep the flames from releasing toxic fume…

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by Jerry DeMarco