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Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Fatal Trenton House Fire Called 'Suspicious'
UPDATED: Authorities are investigating the cause of a fatal house fire that is considered suspicious. An elderly man was killed in the three-alarm blaze in Trenton on Tuesday night. After the fire was extinguished, the body of the dead man was found in fire debris, according to Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman with the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. The blaze broke out about 8:30 p.m. in a home that was cluttered with hoarded belongings on the 700 block of Southard Street, authorities said. A 63-year-old man was found on the first floor of the structure. His name had not been r…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Two Rescued, 14 Displaced, One Firefighter Injured In Newark Blaze
Two residents were rescued and 14 displaced in a Newark fire that left one firefighter injured early Thursday morning. Firefighters rescued two residents from the three-story, wooden-framed building at 258 South 11th St., that was smoking heavily from the basement and third floor windows around 2:40 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The other occupants were able to self-evacuate, and the fire was considered under control about 45 minutes later. One firefighter sprained a wrist, and approximately 14 residents were displaced, Ambrose said. The Newark Fir…
Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
Plainfield Street Fire Injures Two Firefighters; Arson and Bomb Squad Investigating Cause
Two firefighters were injured while battling a Plainfield Street house fire Sunday. The blaze at 588 Plainfield was extinguished at around 1:30 a.m. July 19, according to the Springfield Fire Department. Emergency responders battled the fire for nearly three hours. The names of the injured firefighters have not been disclosed. Fire Commissioner Bernard Calvi did, however, say that the injuries were "minor" and that the firefighters were treated and released from the hospital. The fire appears to have started on the second floor and the Springfield Arson and Bomb Squad is invest…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Lodi Police Rescue Resident, 80, Badly Burned In Garden Apartment Fire
An 80-year-old resident was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with severe burns after two Lodi police officers rescued him from a garden apartment fire Monday afternoon, authorities said. Officers John Calabrese and David Delia pulled the unconscious victim out on their hands and knees due to all the smoke at the Gardens condos on Terhune Avenue near Marion Pepe Drive across from the Avalon development, Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said. Outside, the officers gave him oxygen and he came to, Scorzetti said. Firefighters doused the blaze, which may have first ign…
Newburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Firefighters Rescue Three From Fourth-Floor Housing Complex Fire
Firefighters rescued three people from the top floor of a senior housing apartment complex during a fire. The incident took place around 6:20 a.m., Thursday, May 21, in Rockland County at the Sycamore Crest Apartment complex at 15 Summit Ave., in Spring Valley, said Officer Matt Galli. Spring Valley police and firefighters initially responded to the complex for a fire alarm but were met with heavy smoke on the fourth floor of the complex, Gallie said. "Firefighters on the scene heroically removed two bed-ridden occupants from the fourth floor," Galli said. A third occ…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Landlord Gets Three Years In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire
A landlord who failed to follow state codes was sentenced Friday to a plea-bargained three years in state prison for a 2016 fire that killed a 5-year-old Little Ferry girl and her grandmother. "Today was a very difficult time for me and my family," wrote one of the victims after Gary L’Heruex, 61, of Tenafly was sentenced in Superior Court in Hackensack. "We had to relieve that night where we almost lost our lives in that horrible fire. "It took almost four years, but today, we got justice," she added. "Now we can finally start healing and those two precious people that passed can finally …
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Video
: Roof Collapses In House Fire, Paterson's Bravest 'Save Neighborhood,' Mayor Says
Paterson firefighters “saved a neighborhood” when they doused a blaze that collapsed the rear of a vacant building late Monday and spread to an adjoining building, Mayor Andre Sayegh said. No injuries were immediately reported in the four-alarm fire, which broke out around 10 p.m. in the first-floor rear of a vacant 2½-story mixed-use building on Rosa Parks Boulevard. Flames quickly rushed up through the building, collapsing the rear roof. The fire spread to a three-story, multi-family house next door, displacing 10 people, authorities said. The Passaic County prosecutor’s arson unit was …
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Quick Response Protects More Than 30 Families Fleeing Passaic Apartment Building Fire
Thanks to Passaic police, firefighters and tenants themselves, no one was injured in a suspicious Sunday morning apartment building fire that sent flames through the roof, authorities said. Police who got there quickly knocked on doors and got the more than 80 residents out of nearly three dozen apartments in the four-story building at the corner of 4th and Bergen streets, Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost said. "We pulled up and got the lines in place fast," Trentacost said, noting that the blaze began in an upper floor stairwell and spread to the roof. "This type of fire gets away very quick…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Photos
: Car Fire Spreads To Garfield Home
A suspicious car fire spread to a Garfield home before dawn Monday. A firefighter sustained a minor injury in the 2 a.m. blaze on Prospect Avenue. Garfield firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Elmwood Park, Hackensack, Lodi, Saddle Brook, Teaneck and Wallington. They had the blaze officially knocked in about an hour and a half. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigation Unit was summoned. PHOTOS by Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Garfield car/home fireDamien Danis for DAILY VOICE Garfield firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Elmwood Park, Hackensack…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Gas-Fed Paterson Blaze Destroys Several Buildings, Displaces 51 Residents
Thirteen families -- 51 people in all -- were burned out of their homes in a gas-fed overnight Paterson blaze that injured six firefighters. Rain poured down as firefighters continued to douse pockets of flame well past dawn Tuesday in the three destroyed homes and damaged another on Summer Street. The Red Cross said its disaster team provided temporary lodging, food and clothing as needed. There was no immediate word on a possible cause of the five-alarm fire, which broke out around 1:30 a.m. and quickly spread. The Passaic County prosecutor's arson unit responded to investigate, given…
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Police & Fire
Six Injured, One Severely, In Valley Cottage Apartment Fire
One person was severely injured and remains in the hospital and another five received treatment including a firefighter during an intense fire that destroyed a dozen apartments and damaged several others in Rockland. The fire began around 2:35 p.m., Sunday, April 14, at the Sierra Vista Apartments, Building 12, at 80 Sierra Vista Lane, in Valley Cottage, said Clarkstown Police Chief Raymond McCullagh. Central Nyack firefighters headed up the team of more than a dozen fire departments that attacked the "extraordinarily large" fire that was located a football field away f…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: Fire Engulfs Wayne Home, Investigators Probe Cause
Investigators were trying to determine what ignited a fast-moving fire that destroyed a Wayne home early Tuesday afternoon. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the three-alarm inferno, which broke out at 4 Skyview Drive around 1:20 p.m., township police Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. A man found at the scene by Officer David Fox was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center to treated for smoke inhalation, Martin said. Firefighters continued to douse pockets after the 3,500-square-foot building collapsed. A possible cause hadn't yet been determined. Neighbors who…
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