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June, 2017
1ST Responder Newspaper - NJ
Firefighters Battle Early Morning House Fire in Lodi Lodi, NJ - Lodi firefighters made quick work of an early morning house fire on the morning of April 4th. At 5:29 A.M., the fire department was dispatched to 60 Hillcrest Ave. for a reported house fire. First arriving PD units reported that they had a fire JUMP TO FILE# in the rear of the 040417112 home. Assistant Chief Steven Cassielo arrived first, confirmed the working fire and had communications redispatch it as a Working Fire. Heavy fire was already showing from the rear of the one-story home, with flames also starting to vent through the roof. A secondalarm was struck, bringing in mutual aid from Garfield, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook and Wallington to the scene. A good knock down by firstdue companies kept the fire contained to the rear of the home. Additional resources utilized on scene came from Saddle Brook's EMS fire rehab unit and the Hackensack FD MSU unit. No one was home at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported. - DAMIEN DANIS
DAMIEN DANIS