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Teaneck Fire Department

Teaneck, NJ
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Backyard Blaze Destroys Teaneck Home, Displaces Family, Cops Say Backyard Blaze Destroys Teaneck Home, Displaces Family, Cops Say
Backyard Blaze Destroys Teaneck Home, Displaces Family, Cops Say A backyard fire tore through a Teaneck home late Saturday night, July 5, displacing three residents and drawing a multi-town response, police said. The blaze broke out around 11:31 p.m. at 497 Linden Ave., according to Teaneck Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr. A neighbor spotted a small fire in the backyard and ran over to help, meeting the homeowner and attempting to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher. But the flames spread rapidly, McGurr said. By the time firefighters arrived, the fire had already engulfed the rear of the home and to the first and second floors, as well as the atti…

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by Cecilia Levine
Teaneck, NJ
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Repeat Englewood Offender Arrested For DUI After Sending Car Into Teaneck Tree: Police Repeat Englewood Offender Arrested For DUI After Sending Car Into Teaneck Tree: Police
Repeat Englewood Offender Arrested For DUI After Sending Car Into Teaneck Tree: Police An Englewood man with a history of arrests was taken into custody again this weekend after crashing his car into a tree in Teaneck while driving under the influence, police said. Court records show that Shawne Wolfe, the driver arrested in the incident on Sunday, Feb. 16, has nine pages of offenses including burglary, DUIs, assault, and more, dating back to 2005 (scroll down for more on Wolfe's history). Officers responded to the intersection of Englewood Avenue and Spruce Street at 2:09 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, after receiving multiple 911 calls about a single-car crash, Teaneck Police Chief …

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by Cecilia Levine
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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41 Victims Displaced By Bogota Apartment Fire 41 Victims Displaced By Bogota Apartment Fire
41 Victims Displaced By Bogota Apartment Fire Forty-one people from 13 families were displaced and one person was hospitalized by a fire that ripped through a Bogota building Sunday, Feb. 10 officials said. The Bogota Fire Department responded to reports of smoke coming from the building around 2 p.m. Engine 1 arrived first on the scene and stretched a hose line to the top floor, where flames were found in the cockloft, fire officials said. Firefighters aggressively battled the fire for nearly an hour before transitioning to a defensive attack to contain the flames. It took crews several hours to bring the fire under control. One vict…

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by Cecilia Levine
Teaneck, NJ
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Off-Duty Fire Captain Rescues Child From Freezing Water In Teaneck Off-Duty Fire Captain Rescues Child From Freezing Water In Teaneck
Off-Duty Fire Captain Rescues Child From Freezing Water In Teaneck An off-duty Teaneck firefighter is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a child from icy waters on Jan. 22. Capt. Christopher Connolly was walking to his daughter’s school when he heard the chilling sound of someone falling through the ice. Rushing to the scene, Connolly found a child almost fully submerged, desperately clinging to an ice shelf while friends nearby struggled to pull them out. Quickly assessing the situation, Connolly ensured the area was safe and that no additional victims were at risk. He then pulled the child out of the freezing water and called 9-1-1, administering firs…

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by Cecilia Levine
Teaneck, NJ
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Bomb Threat Clears Holy Name Medical Center Bomb Threat Clears Holy Name Medical Center
Bomb Threat Clears Holy Name Medical Center A bomb threat called into Holy Name Medical Center over the weekend was quickly deemed unfounded, authorities said. An unidentified caller reported a bomb threat to the hospital in Teaneck on Saturday, Aug. 17 around 4 p.m., Teaneck Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. "The threat was made by an unknown caller who provided non-specific details," said McGurr. The hospital was placed on divert, and a shelter-in-place order was implemented. The Bergen County Sheriff's Department, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, and the New Jersey State Police were notified of the situation. The Te…

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by Cecilia Levine
Teaneck, NJ
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UPDATE: Teaneck Woman Remains Hospitalized After Husband’s Suicide Fire Kills 2nd Victim UPDATE: Teaneck Woman Remains Hospitalized After Husband’s Suicide Fire Kills 2nd Victim
Update: Teaneck Woman Remains Hospitalized After Husband’s Suicide Fire Kills 2nd Victim FOR THE RECORD: A Teaneck woman remained hospitalized weeks after her husband ignited a gasoline-fueled fire that killed himself and another woman in their basement apartment. Ranjodh Singh IV, 35, “purposely set fire to himself in the basement apartment” shortly after midnight Feb. 19, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said last week. “As a result, the fire spread rapidly through the basement and trapped the other two occupants of the apartment,” Musella said. He used an accelerant, the prosecutor said, which responders said was gasoline. Singh died before dawn. Single mom Manjin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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MURDER-SUICIDE BID? 3 Hospitalized After Arsonist With Gasoline Ignites Teaneck Basement Fire MURDER-SUICIDE BID? 3 Hospitalized After Arsonist With Gasoline Ignites Teaneck Basement Fire
Murder-suicide BID? 3 Hospitalized After Arsonist With Gasoline Ignites Teaneck Basement Fire UPDATE: Two people have died following a suspicious gasoline-fed overnight basement fire in Teaneck that sources said was an attempted murder-suicide earlier this week. Firefighters were dousing the 12:30 a.m. blaze at a multi-family home on Palisade Avenue when they discovered and rescued three people trapped in a basement apartment on Monday, Feb. 19, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He identified them as Manjit Kaur, 47, 35-year-old Ranjodh Singh IV and an as-yet-unidentified woman. All three were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, but Manjit Kaur and the woman we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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UPDATE: Fall Off Teaneck Home Leaves Roofer From Rockland, 18, Clinging To Life UPDATE: Fall Off Teaneck Home Leaves Roofer From Rockland, 18, Clinging To Life
Update: Fall Off Teaneck Home Leaves Roofer From Rockland, 18, Clinging To Life An 18-year-old roofer from Rockland remained in critical condition Tuesday after falling off a Teaneck home the night before. Responding Teaneck police officers found the victim unresponsive but breathing outside the Maple Street home behind Angelo’s Pizza on Queen Anne Road at 6:45 p.m. Monday, May 15, Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. The Spring Valley teen – whom responders identified as John Roldan -- had been doing roofing repair work with a contracting crew, McGurr said. He sustained severe head trauma and other injuries, the chief said. Members of the Teaneck Fire Department, the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Police Heroes Rescue Wheelchair-Bound Tenant, 88, From Apartment Building Fire Teaneck Police Heroes Rescue Wheelchair-Bound Tenant, 88, From Apartment Building Fire
Teaneck Police Heroes Rescue Wheelchair-Bound Tenant, 88, From Apartment Building Fire UPDATE: Two Teaneck police officers rescued an 88-year-old wheelchair-bound tenant from what began as an appliance fire in her fifth-floor apartment, carrying her down several flights to safety, authorities said. Sgt. Stephen Morena and Officer Aundra Ellington quickly gathered the woman – who, it turns out, had an oxygen tank that could have exploded – after the blaze broke out in the brick building at 34 State Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2. Morena and Ellington carried the woman to the second floor and handed her over to members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps, A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Police Rescue Wheelchair-Bound Upper-Floor Tenant, 88, In Teaneck Apartment Building Fire Police Rescue Wheelchair-Bound Upper-Floor Tenant, 88, In Teaneck Apartment Building Fire
Police Rescue Wheelchair-Bound Upper-Floor Tenant, 88, In Teaneck Apartment Building Fire UPDATE: Two Teaneck police officers rescued an 88-year-old wheelchair-bound tenant from what began as an appliance fire in her fifth-floor apartment, carrying her down several flights of stairs to safety, authorities said. Sgt. Stephen Morena and Officer Aundra Ellington quickly gathered the woman – who, it turns out, had an oxygen tank that could have exploded before long – after the blaze broke out in the brick building at 34 State Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. Monday. Morena and Ellington carried the woman to the second floor and handed her over to members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Children Tossed From Fire Escape Into Hackensack Heroes' Arms Children Tossed From Fire Escape Into Hackensack Heroes' Arms
Children Tossed From Fire Escape Into Hackensack Heroes' Arms Hackensack firefighters caught two children tossed to them by their parents during an overnight apartment building blaze. The city's bravest arrived at the four-story brick building on Prospect Avenue shortly after 12:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 26, to find several residents on the fire escapes trying to flee the second-floor blaze. Other children, as well as adults, were rescued safely after two youngsters were dropped to the firefighters from the escapes. No injuries were reported, fire officials said. Several tenants were displaced, however, and went to stay with relatives. The Red Cross ass…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Rear-End Collision Kills Back-Seat Passengers On Route 95 Rear-End Collision Kills Back-Seat Passengers On Route 95
Rear-End Collision Kills Back-Seat Passengers On Route 95 Two Bronx women were killed when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck on Route 95, responders said. The victims were in the back seat of a Subaru Impreza when a chain-reaction crash occurred in the local lanes of the northbound highway at milepost 120 near the DeGraw Avenue overpass in Teaneck around midnight Wednesday, New Jersey State Police Trooper Brandi Slota said. A Ram C3500 pulling a utility trailer rear-ended the Subaru, Slota said.An Infiniti G35 then struck the Ram, and all three vehicles slammed into the concrete median, the trooper said. Killed were Cesarina Medrano, 57 of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Late-Night Hackensack Taco Bell Fire Doused Late-Night Hackensack Taco Bell Fire Doused
Late-Night Hackensack Taco Bell Fire Doused Hackensack firefighters doused a late-night blaze at a local Taco Bell. Companies opened an exterior wall and section of roof to extinguish the cockloft flames at the South River Street eatery shortly before 11:30 p.m. Sunday. They had the fire under control within 45 minutes. No injuries were reported. Hackensack firefighters had the blaze under control within 45 minutes.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The cause was being investigated. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Englewood, Teaneck and Bogota. No injuries were reported in the Taco Bell fire on South River Street…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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This Was Literally A Dumpster Fire This Was Literally A Dumpster Fire
This Was Literally A Dumpster Fire An afternoon Dumpster fire in the garbage room of a Bogota apartment complex sent smoke up to the third and fourth floors and out the roof, firefighters said. Bogota firefighters saw the smoke as they arrived at the Atwater Luxury Apartments along the Hackensack River off West Fort Lee Road around 2 p.m. They were joined at the two-alarm blaze by their firefighting colleagues from Ridgefield Park, Hackensack and Teaneck. They contained the fire within minutes and continued dousing it after rolling the trash bin into the parking lot. The fire sent smoke through the Atwater Apartments b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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UPDATE: No Injuries In Gas Explosion, Fire In Englewood UPDATE: No Injuries In Gas Explosion, Fire In Englewood
Update: No Injuries In Gas Explosion, Fire In Englewood VIDEO: An explosion leveled an industrial building Wednesday morning in Englewood. "Thank God there's no fatalities, no injuries," Mayor Michael Wildes said. "Looks like a gas explosion." "The rear of the building was blown out and pretty much collapsed," Fire Chief Erik Enerson said. "No one was in the structure at the time." The explosion occurred in the mostly vacant low-slung building on Bancker Street just after 8:30 a.m.  A subsequent fire quickly went to three and then four alarms as authorities evacuated surrounding properties. "I heard the explosion, witnessed the ball of fire,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Compactor Fire Clears Route 4 Mall Compactor Fire Clears Route 4 Mall
Compactor Fire Clears Route 4 Mall The Shops at Riverside off Route 4 in Hackensack was evacuated Tuesday as city firefighters doused a compactor blaze. Sprinklers temporarily kept the fire in check before firefighters took over on the Macy's loading dock beneath the parking garage shortly before 2 p.m. A DPW truck pulled the contractor out so they could extinguish the blaze. The fire didn’t spread to the interior of the mall, responders said. Teaneck and Bogota firefighters provided mutual aid. At the scene.Jerry DeMarco At the Shops at Riverside off Route 4 in Hackensack.Jerry DeMarco

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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UPDATE: Lodi Man Charged With Murdering Cresskill Mom, Daughter Charged With Helping Dump Body UPDATE: Lodi Man Charged With Murdering Cresskill Mom, Daughter Charged With Helping Dump Body
Update: Lodi Man Charged With Murdering Cresskill Mom, Daughter Charged With Helping Dump Body A 19-year-old Lodi man was charged Monday with killing a Cresskill woman whose 14-year-old daughter assisted in a bungled attempt to dispose of the body, authorities said. Nicolas Coirazza killed Divna Rosasco, 51, at her home in Cresskill and then got the girl to help him try to dump the body in Overpeck Creek in Teaneck, authorities said. The girl's father had reported the woman missing around 12:20 p.m. Monday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A Bergen County sheriff's officer on patrol in Overpeck Park off Fort Lee Road later found Rosasco's SUV (see photo below) parked nea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck PD: Barricaded Tenant With Knives Tasered After Starting Apartment Fire Teaneck PD: Barricaded Tenant With Knives Tasered After Starting Apartment Fire
Teaneck PD: Barricaded Tenant With Knives Tasered After Starting Apartment Fire An emotionally disturbed Teaneck man armed with several knives was tasered and taken into custody Monday night after he set fire to his apartment and then tried to run out of the building, authorities said. Police responding to a call of a man throwing objects and creating a disturbance found William Caraway in the foyer area of the Chestnut Avenue apartment building armed with several knives, Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said. "Commands were given to put the weapons down, but Caraway refused and fled back into the building, where he barricaded himself in his apartment," O'Reilly sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck PD: Barricaded Tenant With Knives Tasered After Starting Apartment Fire Teaneck PD: Barricaded Tenant With Knives Tasered After Starting Apartment Fire
Teaneck PD: Barricaded Tenant With Knives Tasered After Starting Apartment Fire An emotionally disturbed Teaneck man armed with several knives was tasered and taken into custody Monday night after he set fire to his apartment and tried to run, authorities said. Police responding to a call of a man throwing objects and creating a disturbance found William Caraway in the foyer area of the Chestnut Avenue apartment building armed with several knives, Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said. "Commands were given to put the weapons down, but Caraway refused and fled back into the building, where he barricaded himself in his apartment," O'Reilly said Tuesday. "Officers, wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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UPDATE: Aid Arranged For Fort Lee Fire Victims, Police Say Blaze Didn't Seem Suspicious UPDATE: Aid Arranged For Fort Lee Fire Victims, Police Say Blaze Didn't Seem Suspicious
Update: Aid Arranged For Fort Lee Fire Victims, Police Say Blaze Didn't Seem Suspicious UPDATE: A fire that began in a crawl space and eventually destroyed a Fort Lee apartment building Thursday night didn’t claim any lives, produced three minor injuries and didn’t appear suspicious, authorities announced. Several measures were being taken to assist the victims, they said. “The Red Cross, New Jersey State Police Office of Emergency Management and Fort Lee Office of Emergency Management are working together with other borough departments to provide assistance for the displaced residents,” Police Capt. Matthew Hintze said late Friday afternoon. The borough established an offici…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Victim In Teaneck Storefront Crash Taken To Hospital Across The Street Victim In Teaneck Storefront Crash Taken To Hospital Across The Street
Victim In Teaneck Storefront Crash Taken To Hospital Across The Street One of three people in a car that crashed into a nail salon on Teaneck Road just after noon Thursday was taken across the street to Holy Name Medical Center, police said. Teaneck police, firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Corps members responded to the 12:10 p.m. Teaneck Road crash. Although all three occupants reported injuries, two refused medical aid, Deputy Police Chief John A. Faggello said. “Due to the damage to the structure at 713 Teaneck Road, the Teaneck Township Building Department was contacted to respond,” Faggello said. The vehicle was towed, the scene was cleared and the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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VIDEO: Ridgefield Park Man, 73, Killed In Overnight House Fire VIDEO: Ridgefield Park Man, 73, Killed In Overnight House Fire
Video: Ridgefield Park Man, 73, Killed In Overnight House Fire RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- An overnight house fire killed a 73-year-old Ridgefield Park man, authorities confirmed. Luis Ocha-Sanchez was trapped inside after the fast-moving Brinkerhoff Street blaze broke out around 12:30 a.m., Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A firefighter also was injured when he slipped on ice, responders said. The cause of the fire was accidental, Calo said. Flames shot through every window of the house and the roof as firefighters spent nearly two hours bringing the blaze under control. Because someone was killed, the Bergen County Arson Investigatio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Meet Teaneck's Newly Promoted Firefighters Meet Teaneck's Newly Promoted Firefighters
Meet Teaneck's Newly Promoted Firefighters TEANECK, N.J. – The Teaneck Fire Department promoted four members Tuesday night. “Good luck in your new positions and with the next step in your careers,” the fire department shared in a Facebook post announcing the promotions. The promoted firefighters, and their new positions, are: Deputy Chief Joseph Berchtold Battalion Chief Sean Mackay Captain Edward Gallone Lieutenant Sergio Caamano

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson