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Lyndhurst, NJ
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27-Year-Old Dies Day After Lyndhurst House Fire (
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A 27-year-old man has died one day after he was found by firefighters outside of his bedroom as a fire ripped through his Lyndhurst home, authorities said. The two-alarm blaze that killed Ahmed Abidar broke out just before 5:34 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, at a multi-family home on Jay Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Lyndhurst police and firefighters, with mutual aid from surrounding departments, responded to find flames engulfing the residence, officials said. During fire suppression efforts, first responders evacuated Abidar from the third floor of the home. He was unrespons…
Norristown, PA
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10 Rowhome Fire Displaces 40 In Norristown On Thanksgiving Eve; Community Rallies (
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A devastating multi-alarm fire on the 700 block of West Lafayette Street in Norristown displaced approximately 40 people and damaged 10 homes on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, officials said. The blaze, which erupted just before Thanksgiving, left families homeless but caused no serious injuries, according to the Norristown Fire Department. Firefighters from multiple mutual aid companies worked tirelessly to contain the flames. “The fire spread quickly and required a lot of hard work by all the firefighters," the department shared in a statement. "We are deeply devastated by the loss of homes …
Jersey City, NJ
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Three Injured, 30 People Displaced In Jersey City Blaze: Authorities
A fast-moving fire tore through a Jersey City apartment building on Wednesday, Nov. 19, displacing 30 residents and sending two people and one firefighter to the hospital, authorities said. The Jersey City Fire Department responded to a blaze at 274 Monticello Ave. and discovered a working fire in the four-story, 16-unit apartment building, Kimberly Wallace-Scalfione, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office said. The fire appeared to have started in the basement, with heavy smoke spreading through the building’s hallways, Wallace-Scalfione said. Three people trapped were rescued by firefighte…
Toms River, NJ
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Toms River Mom Looking For 'Fresh New Start' Loses Home In Fire, Fundraiser Says
A family was rallying for support after the home of a Toms River mother of two was severely damaged in a fire, according to a fundraising campaign. A GoFundMe page said a woman named Kristin, her daughter, and her son "lost everything" in the fire on Coolidge Avenue on Sunday, Nov. 10. The American Red Cross posted on social media that it was helping a family of five with immediate needs like food, clothing, and housing. Kristin's sister and the fundraiser's organizer Kelly Celentano said the family had just moved into the home in May. "They were looking forward to a fresh new start a…
Pine Hill, NJ
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Massive Apartment Fire Displaces 25+ People, Injures Six First Responders In Pine Hill
More than two dozen people were without homes and six first responders were injured after a fire destroyed several apartments in Pine Hill, according to officials and reports. The fire started at the 16-unit apartment building on West Branch Avenue on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Camden County firefighters union said in a Facebook post. "First-arriving firefighters found heavy fire showing from the building, people jumping from balconies, and received a report of at least one person trapped," International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 3249 posted. Last night just a…
Elkton, MD
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Crews Called Back To Battle Three-Alarm Blaze At Same Elkton Home: Fire Marshal
First responders were called to the same multi-family home in Cecil County twice overnight when a fire broke out, then rekindled, leaving some out in the cold, according to officials. Eight families were displaced by a two-alarm turned three-alarm fire in Elkton following a blaze that broke out on the deck of the dwelling late on Friday afternoon. UPDATE: 2ND ALARM TRANSMITTED. FIRE IN THE WALLS AND SPREADING #ELKTON | *APT FIRE* | 241 E MAIN ST | 3.5 STY APT BLDG. FIRE IN THE BASEMENT. | #cecilcounty #cecilfire Posted by Cecil County Fire Blog on Friday, November 8, 2024 The long…
Jersey City, NJ
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Arson Unit Probing Four-Alarm Fire That Displaced 26 Residents In Jersey City
The Hudson County's Regional Arson Task Force is investigating the four-alarm fire that broke out late Friday, Nov. 8 in Jersey City, displacing nine families and affecting a total of 26 residents, authorities said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by HudPost (@hudpost) The fire, which started shortly before 11 p.m., occurred at 3507 Kennedy Boulevard near South Street and initially generated heavy smoke and flames from a ground-level business, quickly spreading to adjacent residential units. Two firefighters sustained minor inj…
Camp Hill, PA
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1 Hospitalized After Duplex Fire In Central PA: Officials (
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One person is in the hospital after a fire ripped through a duplex in Cumberland County on Tuesday night, Nov. 5, according to Northeast Fire and Rescue. The blaze broke out in the three-story duplex located in the 200 block of Wyoming Avenue in East Pennsboro Township at 10:52 p.m., officials explained. Crews arrived to find flames shooting out the roof and learned one person was still inside, according to the Northeast Fire and Rescue. The person was rescued and taken to the hospital, and the fire was marked under control at 11:32 p.m., officials detailed. The American …
Hanover-Penn Township, PA
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1 Hospitalized After Hanover Rowhome Fire
One person was hospitalized after an early morning fire tore through a rowhome attic in Hanover Borough on Monday, Nov. 4, officials said. The fire broke out in the first block of South Penn Street, near Stock Street. Hanover Area Fire & Rescue crews arrived to find flames pouring from the attic, dispatchers said. Firefighters acted quickly to contain the blaze, while Hanover police secured the scene around 2:30 a.m. One resident of the home was injured and taken to a nearby hospital in Hanover. The nature and extent of the injuries remain unknown at this time. The American Red Cross h…
Newark, NJ
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Birthday Party Fire Kills 2 Girls In Newark (
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The bodies of two severely burned girls ages 6 and 8 were found at a Newark home following a fire over the weekend, officials said. Witnesses told detectives that there had been a birthday party for one of the girls on the second floor of the home and they'd been playing with fire near a couch in the hallway of the Eckert Street home on Saturday, Oct. 20, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Firefighters responding around 12:30 a.m. found the girls unresponsive and severely burned inside. They performed CPR, but the children were reported dead at the scene, authorities said. …
Mount Vernon, NY
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5 Adults, Young Child Evacuated From Burning Home In Mount Vernon
Fire officials are investigating a blaze at a Westchester home that left several people, including young children, displaced. The blaze began on Saturday, Oct. 5 just after 5 p.m., when a home at 439 Homestead Ave. in Mount Vernon caught on fire, according to city officials. Five adults and two children, including a 7-year-old, were inside the house when the blaze began. Luckily though, firefighters were able to safely get them all out. No serious injuries were reported. The fire was under control by 7:40 p.m., officials said, adding that the New Rochelle and Eastchester …
Dundalk, MD
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Six Rescued, 19 Residents, Pets Displaced By Overnight Apartment Fire In Dundalk
Firefighters worked quickly on Saturday morning to extinguish a fire that broke out inside a Baltimore County apartment building, but not before at least a dozen residents and several pets were displaced by the blaze, officials say. First responders were called shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 21 to the 2100 block of Cameron Drive in Dundalk, where there was a reported apartment fire with flames showing from the back of the building with some residents trapped inside. According to a spokesperson from the Baltimore County Fire Department, crews searched the building and rescued six people w…
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