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3812 Bergen Turnpike, Union City, NJ

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On the third of May, at around 2:45 PM the Bellville Fire Department called in on the Essex County Fire Mutual Aid channel for units direct to the fire scene at 347 Cortlandt St as well as to backfill the stations. On arrival units transmitted a multiple alarm fire and continued operations. Shortly after command requested another 2 alarms per request of Newark Battalion 2 as they had extension to the building on the Charlie Side. They then had a report of a house a block over (Stephen St) caught

347 Cortlandt Street, Belleville, NJ

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202 North Grove Street, East Orange, NJ

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At around 5:05 PM in the City of Newark a fire was reported at 931 South 19th Street with reports of possible people trapped in the 3 story single family home. The fire spread to exposures on both the bravo and delta sides. The fire was marked extinguished at 6:42 PM, the incident left twenty adults displaced, four children, and well as one party transported to the hospital. The incident saw response from: Newark Fire Department, Irvington Fire Department, Bells and Sirens Club, multiple ambulan

391 South 19th Street, Newark, NJ

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On May ninth the Orange Fire Department, additional companies from Essex County and the Bell and Sirens Club responded to 128 Hickory Street in the City of Orange for a commercial structure fire, the business is a automotive scrap and recycling company. City of Orange advised the county of a third alarm fire at ~12:28 and at that point mutual aid had been started and more was being toned out. (This information is the best of my knowledge from my time on the incident, please inform me if there ar

128 Hickory Street, Orange, NJ

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