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    Paterson, NJ, Battalion Chief Hurt in Partial Building Collapse

    March 14, 2025
    The two-story Paterson building housed a marijuana dispensary and apartments..

    A Paterson battalion chief was injured in a partial building collapse early Friday.

    The three-alarm fire occurred in a building that housed a marijuana dispensary on the first floor and apartments on the second.

    The chief, who suffered a headand shoulder injury, was transported to a hospital for treatment, Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh told northjersey.com.

    The mayor lauded a man who helped people escape. Without his efforts, he said the fire would have been much worse.

    The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

     

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    Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues. 

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