Tag: Fire

  • SMOKY BLAZE GUTS 3 BUILDINGS; North Bergen Fire Being Investigated

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, February 26, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B03 A fire that raged through a perfume warehouse on Paterson Plank Road on Tuesday destroyed two adjacent residential buildings and forced the evacuation of about 15 buildings on the block. No one…

  • FIRE VICTIM IS MOVED TO NEW YORK BURN CENTER

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, February 16, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A03 An 11-year-old boy injured in a Palisades Park apartment building fire was moved Saturday to a Westchester County Medical Center burn unit to place him near a machine that would help him…

  • PALISADES PARK BLAZE INJURES 8, ROUTS 42 FAMILIES; Police Carry Out Those Hurt Seriously

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, February 15, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | Two Star B | NEWS | A03 A fire at an apartment building Friday morning injured eight people three of them critically and routed 42 families, authorities said. Two of those critically injured were stepbrothers who were carried…

  • FRIEND CATCHES BOY IN FIRE LEAP

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, February 14, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B08 A 13-year-old boy escaped injury in a fire Thursday when he climbed off a second-floor balcony at his family’s apartment onto a storage shed roof, then jumped into the arms of a…

  • SEARCH BEGINS FOR FIRE’S CAUSE; 3 Garfield families homeless

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, February 6, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B03 Investigators continued their search Wednesday for the cause of a fire that severely damaged a Main Street house and displaced three families. The fact that the probe is ongoing “doesn’t mean it…

  • NEIGHBORS AID TENANTS DISPLACED BY FIRE

    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…

  • GAS EXPLOSION ROUTS PLANT WORKERS

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, October 9, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | 6 Star | NEWS | Page B02 A natural gas line outside a power station at the Garden State Paper Co. ruptured Tuesday, causing an explosion that sent fireballs into the air and routed about 115 employees from…

  • MOTHER, 3 CHILDREN DIE AS FIRE DESTROYS HOME

    After being driven back twice by heavy smoke and intense heat, a disoriented William McClain could do nothing but scream for help as a raging fire destroyed his home and family early Tuesday.

  • MAN AND FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN BLAZE

    An 82-year-old man and a borough firefighter remained hospitalized Tuesday after a fire that heavily damaged a single-family home.

  • BERGENFIELD FIRE ROUTS TENANTS

    Borough fire officials are investigating a predawn fire Saturday that started in a basement apartment and shot flames into the top floors of a home housing three tenants.