Find Your Daily Voice
Tags
Follow
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Neighbors
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Traffic
Legal
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Follow
Find Your Daily Voice
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Neighbors
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Traffic
Legal
Real Estate
Readers Choice
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Home
About us
All sites
Advertise with us
Contact us
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Code of ethics
Site Map
© 2024 Cantata Media
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
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…
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Two-Alarm House Fire Breaks Out In Poughkeepsie
A two-alarm fire at a two-story, four-apartment City of Poughkeepsie building left 10 residents homeless. The fire, that started around 7:56 a.m. Tuesday at 123 Winnikee Ave., in Poughkeepsie, began on the second floor of the building and by the time the fire was out, the entire building had been devasted. All four apartments were rented to tenants who managed to escape safely without injuries, according to City of Poughkeepsie Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Franco. Officials said at times the fire was so heavy that flames towered over the building. At one point firefighters had t…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
15 Displaced As Fire Breaks Out At Three-Story, Multi-Family House In Westchester
Fifteen residents have been displaced after a two-alarm fire sparked in a multi-family home on Christmas night. Firefighters were dispatched to a three-story Locust Hill Avenue home shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 25, when a fire broke out in the walls and ceilings of all three floors, Yonkers Deputy Chief Daniel Flynn said. Crews were on scene within two minutes, Flynn noted. The fire was knocked down and under control by 11:27 p.m. According to Flynn, four firefighters suffered minor injuries battling the blaze. The building suffered “significant damage.” The cause of the fire is …
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
28 Families Displaced After Three-Alarm Apartment Fire Breaks Out In Westchester
A total of 28 families likely will need to be relocated following a three-alarm fire that broke out late Sunday afternoon at an apartment house in Westchester. One female resident was rescued by firefighters from a fourth-floor window and pulled to the fire escape at 637 Van Cortlandt Park Ave., said Yonkers Fire Department Deputy Chief of Personnel Daniel P. Flynn. Four firefighters suffered minor injuries. There have been no reports of civilian injuries. The fire began just after 3:30 on Dec. 2 and was extinguished at around 4:25 p.m., Flynn said. The cause of the fi…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Firefighter Injured In Two-Alarm Blaze That Damages Row Of Stores In Westchester
A two-alarm fire damaged a row of stores in a commercial building in Yonkers that also slightly injured a firefighter. The blaze broke around 10:58 p.m. Tuesday in a cigar and vape store at 583 Central Park Ave., said Yonkers Fire Department Deputy Chief Daniel P. Flynn. When more than 55 firefighters arrived on the scene the fire had spread into the common cockloft-area of the one-story building at the corner of Central Park and Yonkers avenues, he said. Three other stores had either fire or smoke and water damage at 579 Central Park Ave., 805 Yonkers Ave., and 801 Yonkers …
Newburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Three-Alarm Fire Destroys Old Newburgh Lumberyard
A three-alarm fire in Orange County destroyed three building of the old Newburgh lumberyard in addition to damaging two other buildings, according to the Newburgh Fire Department. Fire Chief Terry Ahlers said the department received the first call on the fire at located at Carpenter Avenue and First Street, around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday and the first crews arrived on scene within about two minutes. With heavy winds whipping between the buildings and low water pressure, Ahlers said the fire quickly grew to a two-alarm and then three-alarm as it jumped to adjacent buildings. The water company …
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Photo
Gallery
: Fire Tears Through Lodi Condo Complex
LODI, N.J. -- Flames tore through a Lodi condominium complex Sunday evening, sending a firefighter to the hospital with a foot injury and collapsing the roof. The three-alarm Harrison Avenue fire -- off Outwater Lane near the Garfield border -- quickly blew through the second-floor cockloft toward the roof. The firefighter who required treatment was OK after his foot went through a floor, responders said. Because the complex borders both towns, Lodi and Garfield firefighters were dually dispatched. Assistance on-scene came from Saddle Brook, Wallington, and Rochelle Park, while Carlstadt,…
