Paterson, NJ
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UPDATE: Fire Engulfs Wayne Home, Investigators Probe Cause UPDATE: Fire Engulfs Wayne Home, Investigators Probe Cause
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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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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UPDATE: Montvale Woman, 77, Dies In House Fire UPDATE: Montvale Woman, 77, Dies In House Fire
Update: Montvale Woman, 77, Dies In House Fire UPDATE: A fire that killed a 77-year-old Montvale widow in her home last weekend was ignited by a discarded cigarette, authorities said Friday. The blaze that tore through the North Avenue home of Ninette Grannis broke out just before 1 p.m. Sunday. "When the Montvale Police and Fire Departments arrived on the scene, the single-family residence was consumed by heavy fire," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday. Grannis "was unaccounted for and presumed to be inside," he said. Her remains were later located, Calo said. "The cause of the fire was determined to be accident…

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by Jerry DeMarco