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Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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Firefighters Battle Extreme Cold, Snow, Ice At EHT Mobile Home Fire: FD Firefighters Battle Extreme Cold, Snow, Ice At EHT Mobile Home Fire: FD Firefighters Battle Extreme Cold, Snow, Ice At EHT Mobile Home Fire: FD
Firefighters Battle Extreme Cold, Snow, Ice At EHT Mobile Home Fire: FD Firefighters dealt with a fire at a mobile home park in Egg Harbor Township in harsh conditions on Sunday, Dec. 14, authorities said. At 5:45 p.m., firefighters from Cardiff and Farmington responded to the Tower East mobile home park on the 2500 block of Tremont Avenue for a structure fire, the Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company said. Upon arrival, firefighters said they were met with heavy smoke and fire from a single story home, and also dealt with extreme cold, snow and ice. No injuries were reported and the fire is under investigation by the Egg Harbor Township Fire Investigations Bureau, …

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by Sam Barron
Hagerstown, MD
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Woman Dies In Three-Alarm Duplex Fire In Maryland Woman Dies In Three-Alarm Duplex Fire In Maryland Woman Dies In Three-Alarm Duplex Fire In Maryland
Woman Dies In Three-Alarm Duplex Fire In Maryland One person was killed in a massive three-alarm blaze that broke out in Northern Maryland late on Tuesday afternoon, the Maryland State Fire Marshal announced. In Allegany County, first responders from the Cumberland Fire Department were dispatched to a reported fire on Columbia Avenue shortly before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, officials said. Upon arrival, firefighters were met by heavy smoke and flames coming from a two-story duplex that was quickly upgraded to a three-alarm fire, prompting crews from surrounding departments to answer the call. A woman is dead following a three-alarm …

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by Zak Failla
Fairfield, CT
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2 Cars Burst Into Flames Outside Gym In Town Of Fairfield 2 Cars Burst Into Flames Outside Gym In Town Of Fairfield 2 Cars Burst Into Flames Outside Gym In Town Of Fairfield
2 Cars Burst Into Flames Outside Gym In Town Of Fairfield Two cars and part of a fence were destroyed by fire in Fairfield County while their owners were exercising inside a gym. The fire took place in the town of Fairfield around 9:50 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 15 in the parking lot of the Equinox Gym located at 226 Old Post Road. When members of the Fairfield Fire Department arrived on the scene they found the two cars heavily involved in a fire, Assistant Fire Chief Schuyler Sherwood said.  The owners of the vehicles were in the Equinox at the time the fire started, but came outside as firefighters were extinguishing the blaze, Sherwood sai…

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by Kathy Reakes
Bethlehem, PA
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Northampton County Car Fire Shuts Down Route 33 Overpass Northampton County Car Fire Shuts Down Route 33 Overpass Northampton County Car Fire Shuts Down Route 33 Overpass
Northampton County Car Fire Shuts Down Route 33 Overpass A Tuesday morning car fire in Northampton County shut down an overpass bridge on Route 33 for the resulting investigation, crews said. The car went up in flames in on Route 33 northbound near the Route 22 interchange late Tuesday morning, the Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Company said. The Church Road bridge was shut down to check for damages due to the distance of the fire, the department said. It is not clear how long the bridge will remain closed. “If you use the Church Road bridge, please consider an alternate route,” the fire company said.

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by Valerie Musson
Newark, NJ
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UPDATE: Historic Newark Mansion Destroyed In 3-Alarm Blaze, 2 Firefighters Hurt UPDATE: Historic Newark Mansion Destroyed In 3-Alarm Blaze, 2 Firefighters Hurt UPDATE: Historic Newark Mansion Destroyed In 3-Alarm Blaze, 2 Firefighters Hurt
Update: Historic Newark Mansion Destroyed In 3-Alarm Blaze, 2 Firefighters Hurt A historic 127-year-old mansion was consumed by fire in Newark Thursday night, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a statement.  Firefighters responded to 172 Clinton Ave. shortly before 8 p.m., where the fire was ripping through the vacant home. The fire went to three alarms before it was brought under control around midnight. About 80 firefighters responded, Ambrose said,. including units from Elizabeth and Bloomfield.  One firefighter suffered an eye injury and a second sustained a knee injury.  Part of the structure collapsed, briefly entrapping a group of fir…

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by Paul Milo