Tag: Tobacco

HOTEL FIRE IS TRACED TO SMOKER ON BREAK

MICHAEL O. ALLEN | Sunday, March 31, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A03

A Sheraton Heights Hotel employee taking a cigarette break in a fourth-floor linen closet Saturday ignited a fire that caused a limited evacuation and minor damage, officials said.
Although a few people staying in the hotel were evacuated, no one was injured and the hotel operations, including tonight’s Easter dinner scheduled for 600 guests, will not be affected, said Nick Nicolosi, executive vice president of Motor Inn Associates, which owns the hotel.
“The water did not get to the ballroom or the Apollo restaurant, where we’ll be serving the dinner,” Nicolosi said.
Nicolosi said an investigator found a box of matches and a package of cigarettes in the closet. Damage was limited to the closet and water stains to tiles in the second- and third-floor ceilings, he said. The employee’s identity had not been determined.
Hasbrouck Heights police said Little Ferry and Wood-Ridge firefighters assisted the borough fire department in putting out the fire.

Keywords: HOTEL; FIRE; TOBACCO; HASBROUCK HEIGHTS

ID: 17338035 | Copyright © 1991, The Record (New Jersey)

MAN DIES AFTER FIRE LINKED TO SMOKING FOUND IN BURNING ENGLEWOOD HOUSE

By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, March 2, 1991

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A 66-year-old man died of smoke inhalation about 45 minutes after firefighters had pulled him out of his burning home on Thursday, officials said.
It appeared that Claude Harvey of 71 Spring Lane had been smoking in bed, although an investigation continues, Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy said in a statement on Friday.
Englewood Fire Chief Douglas Baker said firefighters found Harvey unconscious at about 9:20 p.m. in a bathroom on the second floor of the three-story home. Police called in the fire at 9:14 p.m., but it appeared to have been burning for some time, he said.
“The bedroom in the second floor was fully involved when we got there,” Baker said. “It’s a large structure with many rooms, which made it difficult for search and rescue. “
Harvey was taken to Englewood Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:04 p.m.
About 35 firefighters from Englewood and Tenafly battled the blaze and had it under control in about 25 minutes. The fire was so intense it burned through the floor of the second-floor bedroom, with a mattress being found in the first-floor living room, Baker said.
Englewood Patrolman John P. Morgan found the burning house by following smoke he had seen on the horizon as he traveled north on Engle Street while on patrol, said Capt. C. Kenneth Tinsley. Morgan arrived to find smoke coming out of the second-floor window and the roof, Tinsley said.

Keywords: ENGLEWOOD; TOBACCO; DEATH; VICTIM

ID: 17334779 | Copyright © 1991, The Record (New Jersey)