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Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Teen, Sibling Escape Parsippany House Fire
A teenager and a a younger sibling called 911 after a fire broke out at their Parsippany home, ultimately displacing the family, authorities said. The two were on the second floor of the Allentown Road home when they smelled smoke just before fire alarms went off around 5:40 p.m. Thursday, Parsippany police said. The pair was able to get out uninjured as heavy smoke billowed from the kitchen window, authorities said. The children told officers their cat may still be inside. Two officers tried to go back in for the cat but could not do so safely due to fire and heavy smoke, authorities said…
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Paramus High School Evacuated, Small Fire Doused
A small fire briefly cleared Paramus High School early Monday afternoon. The fire broke out in a ballast that holds an electric light behind the stage area of the school auditorium shortly after 1 p.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Custodians quickly doused the blaze, he said. Paramus firefighters were joined by their Oradell colleagues and borough police. All were able to return a short time later, Ehrenberg said.
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
Teaneck Car Fire Spreads To Home
What began as a driveway car fire quickly became a house blaze in Teaneck Wednesday afternoon. The fire extended to a 2½-story home in the 500 block of Tilden Avenue around 4:30 p.m., a responder said, adding that everyone got out safely. As flames raced through the attic and basement, fire officials, concerned that there might be people trapped inside, raised the call to three alarms. Less than 20 minutes or so later, all firefighters were ordered out of the building. The fire was declared under control shortly before 5:30 p.m., about an hour after it began. Mutual aid included firefi…
West Milford, NJ
Police & Fire
Dogs, Cats Flee, Rabbit Dies In Pre-Dawn Haskell House Fire
Two dogs and two cats made it out safely, although a rabbit died in a destructive pre-dawn home fire Monday just off Rainbow Lake in Wanaque. Firefighters by 5 a.m. had contained the blaze to a second-floor bedroom and part of the attic in the 77-year-old, 1,740-square-foot Lakeside Avenue home. Companies from Bloomingdale and Pompton Lakes provided mutual aid at the scene, while Ringwood and West Milford provided borough coverage.
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Fire Damages Warren County Businesses
A Warren County laundry center and paint store were damaged in a second-alarm fire. Heavy smoke billowed out the back of TNT Laundry Center and Sherwin-Williams paint store on Washington Avenue in Washington Borough when firefighters arrived just after 11:45 p.m. Monday evening, firefighters said. The first-alarm fire increased to a second-alarm in less than 10 minutes after firefighters arrived. They remained on scene until 3:15 a.m., the Tri-County Volunteer Fire Company said. The flammable paint did not catch fire and the laundry center seemed to have suffered even more damage. Th…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Police & Fire
Firefighters Battle Hampton Township House Fire
An elderly woman suffered burns to her hand in a fire that ravaged a Hampton Township house Tuesday, authorities said. Emergency vehicles lined Westbrook Lane to fight the second-alarm blaze, which broke out around 4:30 p.m., the Sussex County Fire Wire reported on Facebook. A firefighter got his foot stuck climbing up the stairs of the deck the house while fighting the blaze but swiftly pulled it out and got right back to work, fellow firefighters said. He may have suffered a pulled muscle, responders said. Photos provided by Matthew Gizzi of Gizzi Productions. Photos can be email…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Police & Fire
First Floor Collapses In Vernon Township House Fire
The first floor of a Vernon Township home collapsed in a fire Monday, fire officials said. Fire companies from the township and surrounding areas were called to the Route 94 southbound home around 1:12 p.m. for the second-alarm blaze, Vernon Township Fire Marshall Lou Tosto said. No injuries were reported in the fire, which was under control as of 4:20 p.m., according to Tosto. Mutual aid was provided by Vernon Township fire companies: McAfee Fire Department, Highland Lakes Fire Department and the Pochuck Valley Volunteer Fire Department. The Sussex County, Hardyston and Warwick fire…
Bergenfield, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Injured In Dumont House Fire Charged With Assaulting Officer
Two men trying to get inside a burning Dumont home where a pit bull died in a wind-blown Friday morning fire had to be arrested -- including one who "picked up and threw" a police officer against a car, authorities said. "The house was fully engulfed. You couldn't get inside," Capt. Vincent Tamburro said. Several officers finally subdued the unidentified 26-year-old man, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with burns and smoke inhalation, Tamburro said. The officer who was assaulted had to be treated for back and knee injuries and will likely have to miss work for an exte…
Bergenfield, NJ
Police & Fire
Correction
: Late Teaneck Native, 66, Wasn't Current Resident Of New Milford Nursing Home
CORRECTION: A Daily Voice story earlier today incorrectly stated that a Teaneck native who died this past week had been a patient at a New Milford nursing home when a fire broke out there two days earlier. Maurice Walker, 66, who died Saturday in Englewood, wasn't a patient at the CareOne Woodcrest facility at the time of last Thursday's fire, said Arthur Frisch, the company's regional director of administrator support. Borough police confirmed that Walker wasn't among those hospitalized with smoke-related issues stemming from the small fire, which they said was confined to an unoccupi…
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
Fire Ravages Teaneck Home, Two Minor Injuries Reported
A firefighter and a civilian were treated for minor injuries at the scene after an overnight house fire Tuesday ravaged a Teaneck home, responders said. All of the occupants got out safely in the second-floor Van Buskirk Road home fire, which blew through a front window and pushed into the attic. Firefighters had the two-alarm blaze knocked down less than 45 minutes after the 12:48 a.m. call. The Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps tended to the injuries. Hackensack and Englewood firefighters also responded to the scene, while their colleagues from Bergenfield, Bogota and Ridgefield Park c…
Jersey City, NJ
Lifestyle
GoFundMe Launched For Jersey City Police Officer Who Lost Home To Fire
The West District officers of the Jersey City Police Department have started a fundraiser to benefit a fellow officer and her large extended family whose home was destroyed in an early morning fire Friday. Officer Valerie Carriere and her family of 13 were among dozens of people affected by the four-alarm fire on Wade Street. Two firefighters suffered smoke inhalation battling the blaze but no other injuries were reported. "The members of the Jersey City Police Department are extremely fortunate that Officer Carriere andfamily escaped the fire safely, however, they are left home…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Long Valley Family Displaced In House Fire
The local police department is collecting gift cards for a Long Valley family displaced in a house fire over the weekend. The parents and their two small boys made it out of the Lenore Court house, but lost nearly everything in Saturday's 3:30 a.m. blaze, first responders said. The Washington Township Police Department is collecting gift cards between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. "Washington Township and its residents always come together in times of need," said police, "and we thank you in advance for your assistance to this family." Responding fire companies were: Chester …
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