By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, December 14, 1991
The Record (New Jersey) | Two Star B | NEWS | Page A04
Neighbors have begun raising money to help tenants of 6 Edison Place, who were displaced Wednesday by a fire that gutted the wood-frame, two-family house.
The fire was caused by an electrical malfunction, Detective Jerry Winston said Friday.
Robert Johnson, 65, jumped out a window of his second-floor apartment but was uninjured, Winston said. Joshua Favor, 16, was taken to Hackensack Medical Center with cuts on both hands and an injury to his right toe. Elviria Dewf also was taken to the hospital and was treated for smoke inhalation.
Favor’s mother, Luella, 39, Detective Sgt. Kenneth Felten, and police Officer Dennis Rivelli were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. Firefighter Mario Rivezzi was treated for eye irritation.
Neither police nor fire officials could confirm how many people lived in the house.
Cheryl Chenier of 1 Edison Place said neighbors, in a door-to-door effort, collected about $300 for the families and have opened an account at the National Community Bank for boroughwide fund-raising.
The families are being lodged by the American Red Cross at Days Inn in East Rutherford.
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