Operations & Training

NJ Firefighters Battle Three Multi-Alarm Fires in 10 Hours

March 26, 2019

Jersey City crews tackled a three-alarm blaze Monday night before being called to a two-alarm fire and then a four-alarm incident early Tuesday.

By Michaelangelo Conte

Source The Jersey Journal, Secaucus, N.J.

A four-alarm blaze ripped through one Jersey City home and spread to two others Tuesday morning, the third fire city firefighters battled in a 10-hour span.

Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said that all residents affected by the fire that started at 63 Wegman Parkway at 5 a.m. Tuesday were safely evacuated by firefighters.

The fire appeared to be under control a little after 7 a.m.

Earlier Tuesday, at 1 a.m., the fire department responded to a two-alarm high-rise fire on the 17th floor of 730 Newark Ave., which has been described as largest, private Section 8 site in the city. The building, which has 1,100 residents, underwent an $18.5 million renovation in 2018.

Monday night, there was a three-alarm fire at 22 Rutgers Ave.

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