After tragic Bronx fire that killed 17 people, Nutley Fire Dept. issues alert on space-heater use

Following the horrific Bronx fire that last weekend took the lives of 17 people, a blaze…

Bennett graduates fire academy, joins Harrison FD

Probationary firefighter will work Tour 3 at the Harrison Fire Department.

Small fire breaks out at Lyndhurst chemical company’s building

No injuries were reported in a small fire at the Sika Chemical Corp.’s offices in Lyndhurst…

More fires reported in US in 2020 than 2019 … but why?

The total number of fires in America rose 8% in 2020 over 2019, results from the…

Fire in North Arlington takes lives of father and son

A fire in the early morning hours of Friday, Sept. 17, in North Arlington, took the…

In memoriam: Kearny Firefighter Francis J. ‘Frankie’ McAllister — 1981-2021

Francis J. “Frankie” McAllister, of Kearny, who spent the last five years of his life as…

(PHOTOS) Fire at and around 350 Elm St., Kearny July 18, 2021

Full details about a fire at and adjacent to 350 Elm St., Kearny, on July 18,…

2 fires in 2 hours today in Lyndhurst

The Lyndhurst Fire and Police departments had a busy go of it this morning (Wednesday, March…

Man, 74, dies in Myrtle Avenue fire in Nutley

Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo announced…

EDITORIAL: Kearny Fire Dept. is in the right hands with Mastandrea

Joseph Mastandrea is a man who knows hard work. When he was a youngster, he had…

After 35 years on the job, 13 as chief, Dyl prepares to hang up his hose

Back in the late 1970s, Steven M. Dyl, the chief of the Kearny Fire Department, was…

Off-duty firefighter, also a police lieutenant, saves woman, cat, from blaze

The quick thinking of an off-duty volunteer Lyndhurst firefighter, who also happens to be a police…

Stuyvesant Ave. fire claims life of family dog

A fast-moving fire destroyed the second- and third-floors of 123 Stuyvesant Ave., Kearny, on Tuesday, Jan.…

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One firefighter injured in Lyndhurst blaze

A fire at the All Guard Fence Company on Gutheil Place, Lyndhurst, caused some damage, and…