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Arson investigation
Paterson, NJ
News
Search For Suicidal Arsonist, 40, With Roommate's Gun Ends In Arrest, Wayne Police Say
The search for a 40-year-old man who set fire to a neighbor's home after leaving behind a suicide note ended in his arrest over the weekend in Wayne, police said. Hector Lobo has been charged on a warrant with aggravated arson, unlawful possession of a weapon, theft, and criminal mischief early Saturday, July 6, Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said. Police were called to reports of flames coming from the back of a Totowa Road home around 1 a.m., where Officer Adrian Valentin knocked on the door of the home and made contact with the homeowner. Valentin evacuated the home, found a fire e…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark Firefighter Injured In Three-Alarm Blaze: Authorities
One firefighter was injured and nearly 40 people were displaced following a three-alarm blaze in Newark on Monday, April 22, authorities said. At 6:59 p.m., firefighters responded to a fire at 576 Broadway, an occupied 3-story, multi-use, multi-family building, that also houses a supermarket and El Kiosko Restaurant and Grill, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Firefighters observed a heavy fire upon arrival, and immediately called a 2nd alarm, requesting additional firefighters to the scene, Fragé said. The fire extended to adjacent occupied buildings, including a li…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Killed After House Fire Breaks Out In Wantagh
A woman died after an overnight Long Island house fire. Click here for a new, updated story: ID Released For Woman Killed After House Fire Breaks Out In Wantagh The blaze broke out just before 8 p.m. Saturday, April 6 in Wantagh. Upon arrival at the home on Stanford Court, responders observed a working house fire. The woman was removed from the residence and transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 9:12 p.m. by hospital staff. Her identity and age have not yet been released. Firefighters from the following departments responded and put out the blaze:…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Fatal Overnight House Fire: Long Island Man ID'd As Victim
A Long Island man has died from injuries suffered in a house fire. The blaze broke out around 9:55 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 10 in Hampton Bays. When police officers and firefighters arrived a woman who was able to escape the home, told officers that a man was still inside the Rolling Hill Road residence as heavy smoke and fire poured from the residence, said Sgt. Gina Laferrera, of the Southampton Police. Laferrera said firefighters were able to rescue the man, identified as Gregory Konesky, age 70, of Hampton Bays, and transported him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The wom…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Obituaries
Arson Investigator, Expert Fire Photographer Richard Wolfson Leaves Lasting Impact In NJ
Whether he was capturing it through his lens, fighting it or investigating it, Richard Wolfson was likely at the fire. Wolfson volunteered 40 of the 50 years he lived in Garfield as one of his city's bravest. He was also a regional arson investigator, often serving as an expert witness in criminal cases. And he single-handedly founded the NJ Metro Fire Photographers Association in 1985, serving as its first-ever president. Rich Wolfson's impact was felt throughout North Jersey's firefighting, fire photography and fire investigating communities, which is why his death last week leaves suc…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Bogota Man Killed In Predawn House Fire
UPDATE: A senior resident was killed in an intense house fire before dawn Saturday in Bogota, authorities confirmed. CPR was in progress as the unresponsive 74-year-old military veteran was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, responders said. A woman who lived with him in the single-family house at the corner of River Road at West Main Street escaped after the three-alarm fire ignited around 6 a.m. Nov. 18, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She declined being taken to a hospital, the prosecutor said. Aftermath. Damien Danis for DAIL…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Fair Lawn Firefighting Native Dies Of Injuries From Baltimore Rowhouse Blaze
A Fair Lawn native who was critically injured trying to rescue a brother firefighter in a blaze in Baltimore has tragically made the ultimate sacrifice. Fire Lt. Dillion Rinaldo succumbed to his injuries Tuesday night, Oct. 24, five days after a rowhouse blaze claimed the life of a fellow smoke eater whom he and his colleagues had gone back in to save. "To the Rinaldo family, we are at a loss for words," the Fair Lawn Fire Department wrote in a social media post. "Your son Dillon will never be forgotten," the post reads. "He had the biggest heart and would literally help anyone in need. Al…
Washington Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Firefighters Battle Massive Brush Fire In South Jersey
Firefighters from the National Park Fire Department and local fire departments managed to contain a huge suspicious brush fire in Gloucester County. The fire consumed 25 to 30 acres of land and took about three hours to bring under control, the National Park Fire Department said. National Park and Westville fire departments were dispatched shortly before 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5. Additional brush units were called from West Deptford and Deptford fire departments. The land off Grove Avenue is owned by the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Investigators have a "person of interest" as the possible a…
Elkton, MD
Police & Fire
Officials Investigating Intentionally Set Fire That Caused $100,000 In Damage In Maryland
Police are investigating an intentional fire that was set in a vacant Maryland dwelling overnight. In Somerset County, Shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, members of the Crisfield Volunteer Fire Department responded to a home on North Third Street when a neighbor reported a fire in an area dwelling. According to the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal, it took nearly three dozen firefighters upwards of an hour and a half to get the blaze under control, though no injuries were reported. The fire caused an estimated $100,000 ($95,000 to the structure, $5,000 to its contents…
Westminster, MD
Police & Fire
Dog-Gone Good Job: Accelerant Detection K-9 Billie Retires After Nearly 100K Alerts
A beloved K9 unit who dedicated his life to serving her Maryland community is officially retiring, announces authorities. Accelerant Detection Canine "Billie" will retire after serving nearly eight-and-half years of dedicated service to the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, says State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci. "Billie and her handler, Senior Deputy Jeff Thomas are assigned to the Lower Eastern Regional Office and have lived, eaten, breathed, and worked together ever since", Geraci stated. "Billie's last investigations were an …
Westminster, MD
Police & Fire
Blaze That Destroys Abandoned Structure Overnight Under Investigation: Maryland Fire Marshal
The Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal has launched an investigation after an abandoned structure was torched overnight in Caroline County. Shortly after 1 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, firefighters from the Marydel Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to a Mud Mill Road home in Henderson, when the owner of the structure reported it was up in flames. A team of 30 firefighters took approximately 45 minutes to get the flames under control, though it caused an estimated $30,000 in damages. The structure was burned to the ground. It is unclear what caused the fire or where it origina…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
News
Arrest Made In Home Arson That Killed Pet, Mahwah Firefighters Among Responders
A resident was arrested at the scene of a house fire across the state line that killed a pet cat and severely damaged the home while drawing companies from Mahwah, among several other towns. Ramapo police didn't immediately identify the 51-year-old resident, who neighbors said was taken into custody at the Dunn Road home in Airmont a short time after the fire broke out on Wednesday morning, Sept. 7. Members of the Tallman Volunteer Fire Department and Suffern Volunteer Hose Co. #1/Suffern Hook & Ladder Co. #1 doused the second-floor blaze. Two cats were rescued and given oxygen throug…
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Wrong Place, Right Time: Stafford Officers Probing Arson Catch Alleged Car Thief
A Fredericksburg woman was arrested for stealing a car and driving on a suspended license — right through the scene of an arson investigation, officials said. Tabitha Schmohl, 30, was driving the stolen car near Jett Street on July 17, while the area was under high security for another investigation, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. Due to the high number of recent car theft and vehicle break-ins, Deputy S.P Whitt decided to run the tags on Schmohl's car, only to find it was stolen from a Fredericksburg resident, officials reported. He conducted a high-risk traffic st…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
News
Smoky Holiday Fire Doused Off Route 46
Firefighters doused a smoky July 4th blaze behind an industrial building in Hasbrouck Heights. Massive plumes of smoke could be seen for miles after the fire broke out in wooden pallets of foam insulation and spread to a section of the building off westbound Route 46 between Routes 17 and 80 near the Hilton Hotel shortly before 8 p.m. No injuries were reported. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigations Unit responded to probe the cause. At the scene.Mary Anne Harlow Patterson Bucket loaders were summoned to remove the damaged pallets. Mutual aid responders either at the sc…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Northampton Man Killed In House Fire
A man was found dead following a house fire on Long Island. The blaze broke out in Northampton around 12:40 a.m., Tuesday, June 14 on Wildwood Trail. Responders arrived within minutes and were unable to breech the door as the home was fully engulfed in flames, said Lt. Susan Ralph, of the Southampton Police. After the fire was extinguished by Riverhead Fire Department, a man's body was discovered within the residence, police said. See Related Story: Woman Found Dead After House Fire Breaks Out In West Babylon When firefighters arrived on the scene, “fire was blowing o…
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Toddler Killed In Baltimore Mattress Fire Homicide ID'd: Police
The girl whose body was found after a house fire last week, has been identified, authorities said. My’royal Bennett, 3, was killed on Friday, April 9 after a mattress was apparently set on fire at a two-story home in the 4700 block of Vancouver Road, Baltimore Police said. The girl's death was ruled a homicide on Monday, April 11. After Bennett was identified, a body found near I-95 on the Harford/Cecil County border on Tuesday was positively identified as her mother, Danielle Parnell. So far, no suspects have been identified and no further details have been released. The investigation…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
2 Bodies Recovered In Hoboken Warehouse Fire
Two bodies were found in the warehouse that was ravaged by flames Monday in Hoboken, authorities said. The blaze broke out following a loud explosion at 38 Jackson St, around 12:20 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Firefighters putting out the blaze found two victims inside of the warehouse. They were pronounced dead at the scene. Massive fire on Jackson st, Hoboken. They’ve been trying to put it out for ~30min now #hobokenfire #jacksonstfire pic.twitter.com/Bysp6GBsyh — Lena Maksad (@lena_yuri) December 20, 2021 The fire damaged several surrounding buildings and sev…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Three Hospitalized After Fire Breaks Out At Long Island Apartment Complex
Three people were hospitalized as more than a dozen fire departments responded to a blaze that broke out at a Long Island apartment complex, officials announced. First responders were dispatched to a building fire that was reported at 135 Clinton Ave. in Hempstead at 3:24 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 6. Officials said that the Hempstead Fire Department responded with the assistance of 15 other area departments to extinguish the blaze, which led to three residents being transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Flames could be seen billowing through the windows of one of…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Suspicious Fire: Man, 80, Dies After Being Pulled By Jersey City Rescuers From Burning Mattress
The Hudson County Regional Arson Task Force and the Jersey City Fire Department are investigating a three-alarm fire that killed an 80-year-old man in Jersey City. The fire broke out just after 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, at 92 Danforth Ave. -- a senior apartment building, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The fire was confined to a unit on the second floor, where firefighters forced their way in and were met with heavy smoke condition, Suarez said. The blaze was coming from the living area of the apartment, where a mattress was found close to the floor, Suarez said The man, who…
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Fatal Trenton House Fire Called 'Suspicious'
UPDATED: Authorities are investigating the cause of a fatal house fire that is considered suspicious. An elderly man was killed in the three-alarm blaze in Trenton on Tuesday night. After the fire was extinguished, the body of the dead man was found in fire debris, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman with the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. The blaze broke out about 8:30 p.m. in a home that was cluttered with hoarded belongings on the 700 block of Southard Street, authorities said. A 63-year-old man was found on the first floor of the structure. His name had not been r…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Two Rescued, 14 Displaced, One Firefighter Injured In Newark Blaze
Two residents were rescued and 14 displaced in a Newark fire that left one firefighter injured early Thursday morning. Firefighters rescued two residents from the three-story, wooden-framed building at 258 South 11th St., that was smoking heavily from the basement and third floor windows around 2:40 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The other occupants were able to self-evacuate, and the fire was considered under control about 45 minutes later. One firefighter sprained a wrist, and approximately 14 residents were displaced, Ambrose said. The Newark Fir…
Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
Plainfield Street Fire Injures Two Firefighters; Arson and Bomb Squad Investigating Cause
Two firefighters were injured while battling a Plainfield Street house fire Sunday. The blaze at 588 Plainfield was extinguished at around 1:30 a.m. July 19, according to the Springfield Fire Department. Emergency responders battled the fire for nearly three hours. The names of the injured firefighters have not been disclosed. Fire Commissioner Bernard Calvi did, however, say that the injuries were "minor" and that the firefighters were treated and released from the hospital. The fire appears to have started on the second floor and the Springfield Arson and Bomb Squad is invest…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Lodi Police Rescue Resident, 80, Badly Burned In Garden Apartment Fire
An 80-year-old resident was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with severe burns after two Lodi police officers rescued him from a garden apartment fire Monday afternoon, authorities said. Officers John Calabrese and David Delia pulled the unconscious victim out on their hands and knees due to all the smoke at the Gardens condos on Terhune Avenue near Marion Pepe Drive across from the Avalon development, Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said. Outside, the officers gave him oxygen and he came to, Scorzetti said. Firefighters doused the blaze, which may have first ign…
Newburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Firefighters Rescue Three From Fourth-Floor Housing Complex Fire
Firefighters rescued three people from the top floor of a senior housing apartment complex during a fire. The incident took place around 6:20 a.m., Thursday, May 21, in Rockland County at the Sycamore Crest Apartment complex at 15 Summit Ave., in Spring Valley, said Officer Matt Galli. Spring Valley police and firefighters initially responded to the complex for a fire alarm but were met with heavy smoke on the fourth floor of the complex, Gallie said. "Firefighters on the scene heroically removed two bed-ridden occupants from the fourth floor," Galli said. A third occ…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
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 …
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Video
: Roof Collapses In House Fire, Paterson's Bravest 'Save Neighborhood,' Mayor Says
Paterson firefighters “saved a neighborhood” when they doused a blaze that collapsed the rear of a vacant building late Monday and spread to an adjoining building, Mayor Andre Sayegh said. No injuries were immediately reported in the four-alarm fire, which broke out around 10 p.m. in the first-floor rear of a vacant 2½-story mixed-use building on Rosa Parks Boulevard. Flames quickly rushed up through the building, collapsing the rear roof. The fire spread to a three-story, multi-family house next door, displacing 10 people, authorities said. The Passaic County prosecutor’s arson unit was…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
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…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Photos
: Car Fire Spreads To Garfield Home
A suspicious car fire spread to a Garfield home before dawn Monday. A firefighter sustained a minor injury in the 2 a.m. blaze on Prospect Avenue. Garfield firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Elmwood Park, Hackensack, Lodi, Saddle Brook, Teaneck and Wallington. They had the blaze officially knocked in about an hour and a half. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigation Unit was summoned. PHOTOS by Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Garfield car/home fireDamien Danis for DAILY VOICE Garfield firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Elmwood Park, Hackensack…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Gas-Fed Paterson Blaze Destroys Several Buildings, Displaces 51 Residents
Thirteen families -- 51 people in all -- were burned out of their homes in a gas-fed overnight Paterson blaze that injured six firefighters. Rain poured down as firefighters continued to douse pockets of flame well past dawn Tuesday in the three destroyed homes and damaged another on Summer Street. The Red Cross said its disaster team provided temporary lodging, food and clothing as needed. There was no immediate word on a possible cause of the five-alarm fire, which broke out around 1:30 a.m. and quickly spread. The Passaic County prosecutor's arson unit responded to investigate, given…
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Police & Fire
Six Injured, One Severely, In Valley Cottage Apartment Fire
One person was severely injured and remains in the hospital and another five received treatment including a firefighter during an intense fire that destroyed a dozen apartments and damaged several others in Rockland. The fire began around 2:35 p.m., Sunday, April 14, at the Sierra Vista Apartments, Building 12, at 80 Sierra Vista Lane, in Valley Cottage, said Clarkstown Police Chief Raymond McCullagh. Central Nyack firefighters headed up the team of more than a dozen fire departments that attacked the "extraordinarily large" fire that was located a football field away f…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: Fire Engulfs Wayne Home, Investigators Probe Cause
Investigators were trying to determine what ignited a fast-moving fire that destroyed a Wayne home early Tuesday afternoon. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the three-alarm inferno, which broke out at 4 Skyview Drive around 1:20 p.m., township police Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. A man found at the scene by Officer David Fox was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center to treated for smoke inhalation, Martin said. Firefighters continued to douse pockets after the 3,500-square-foot building collapsed. A possible cause hadn't yet been determined. Neighbors who…
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