Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
5-Year-Old Demarest Girl Severely Burned Falling Into Home Fire Pit 5-Year-Old Demarest Girl Severely Burned Falling Into Home Fire Pit
5-Year-Old Demarest Girl Severely Burned Falling Into Home Fire Pit A 5-year-old Demarest girl was flown to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston after she tripped and fell into a home fire pit, burning her face and arms over the weekend, responders said. The accident left the child with second- and third-degree burns, they said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Homeowner Burned Trying To Douse Lodi Fire Taken To St. Barnabas PHOTOS: Homeowner Burned Trying To Douse Lodi Fire Taken To St. Barnabas
Photos: Homeowner Burned Trying To Douse Lodi Fire Taken To St. Barnabas UPDATE: A homeowner was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center with upper-body burns in an apparently accidental fire that destroyed a Lodi home early Monday evening, officials said. The Mitchell Street homeowner "tried to put the fire out and sustained what appear to be second-degree burns on the upper part of his body," Fire Chief Ron Cannici said. "Then he ran out of the house. "He was about a half a block away when responders got him," Cannici told Daily Voice. "He was probably in shock." His injuries didn't appear life-threatening, the chief said. A firefighter, meanwhile, was taken to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Mahwah Woman, 87, Severely Burned When Robe Catches Fire Mahwah Woman, 87, Severely Burned When Robe Catches Fire
Mahwah Woman, 87, Severely Burned When Robe Catches Fire MAHWAH, N.J. -- An 87-year-old Mahwah woman suffered second- and third-degree burns after her robe caught fire Saturday as she tried to avoid a spilling pot of boiling water, authorities said. The woman's 84-year-old sister doused the flames, which didn't extend to their home in Bogert's Trailer Ranch on Pulis Avenue, Lt. Jeff Dino said. The victim was boiling a pot of water on the stove just before noon at Bogert's Trailer Ranch when it suddenly spilled, Dino said. As she spun to get out of the way, her robe landed on the stove, where it caught fire, he said. Flames were climbing her bac…

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by Jerry DeMarco