How to help victims of the EDGEWATER FIRE | New Yorks PIX11.
EDGEWATER, N.J. (PIX11) ��� Hundreds of families are reeling Thursday after a massive inferno ripped through a New Jersey apartment complex. Flames broke out about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Avalon at Edgewater,��.
Yankees Broadcaster John Sterling Left Homeless After.
Tough news for longtime Yankees play-by-play voice John Sterling, along with hundreds of other New Jersey residents on Wednesday night. The New York Daily News reports a large fire broke out in the Avalon at Edgewater��.
SMOKE CAUSES FIRE SCARE.; Hudson River Under Heavy Pall From Harmless Rubbish Blaze.
. Barrett Co; rubbish dump
200 HOMELESS IN JERSEY RIVERFRONT BLAZE
LEAD: Hundreds of people fled into the cold early this morning when a fire engulfed a three-story garden apartment complex here, destroying 102 apartments.
Residents of Edgewater homes devastated by powerful blaze describe surreal.
Hundreds of firefighters from Bergen, Union and Hudson counties were on scene battling the blaze, one of the most destructive in the countys history. Fire boats from New York City and Jersey City also responded to ferry water to fire crews, the mayor.
Apartment fire in Edgewater still smoking more than 12.
EDGEWATER, N.J. (PIX11) ��� After a ���long and challenging night,��� a stubborn blaze that destroyed hundreds of homes in a New Jersey apartment complex is under control but still smoldering, the mayor of Edgewater said��.
State of emergency declared after Edgewater apartment.
EDGEWATER, N.J. (AP/PIX11) ���A local state of emergency has been declared after a massive fire engulfed a New Jersey apartment complex across the Hudson River from New York City. Edgewater Mayor Michael��.
Above, $700,000 Riverfront Condos; Below, a Toxic Question Mark
On a gentle, lumpy hill that runs down to the Hudson River, a landscaper scatters wildflower seeds. Just a few yards away, residents stroll along a pier where new riverfront condominiums sell for $700,000. To the south, the sky rings with the crash of piles being driven into open land, ahead of the hotels, the shops, and apartments now on the drawing board. This is the Promenade in Edgewater, and behind the tidy scene, with its wide-angle views of the Hudson and the towers of Manhattan, is one of the most contaminated stretches of land in the northeastern United States.. Developer is building tiny, upscale village on giant concrete platform, 10 feet above tainted ground in Edgewater, NJ; builder, Gene Heller, says he is making property cleaner than it was; says he is taking advantage of more flexible approaches championed by Christie Whitman, states former governor and now administrator of Environmental Protection Agency; state and federal regulators say they are being outrun by Heller, despite harrowing spectrum of pollution on his land; point to wide swath of ground laced with heavy metals and arsenic; Heller is proceeding on his $100 million complex without final environmental clearance and with no plans in place to stop plume of arsenic and coal tar that runs through two pieces of his property; Hellers own contractor suspended pile-driving operations when monitors showed high levels of carbon monoxide being released from ground; difficulties at Hellers development, called Promenade, are vivid example of high-stakes battle going on between real estate developers and environmental regulators when piece of heavily polluted land is simultaneously developed and cleaned; photos; map (L)
Lodi woman braves smoke, flames in Edgewater condo fire.
SHOUT OUT: No one attending a ���Friendsgiving��� dinner seemed to quite know how to react as smoke from a kitchen stove fire quickly filled an Edgewater condo, so Whitney Rodriguez of Lodi began throwing their clothes and��.
18 Foot Boat and Shed Destroyed During Edgewater Fire.
Edgewater, FL ��� The State Fire Marshals Office has been asked to investigate after an 18-foot boat and the shed it was in was totally destroyed by fire. Volusia County Fire Services said they were called out around Noon Wednesday to 190��.
Woman, 81, dies after Edgewater Beach high-rise fire.
An 81-year-old woman had died after a fire broke out in her high-rise apartment on Chicagos Far North Side.
CRIPPLED POET DIES IN HER BED IN FIRE; Erne J. Riley, 32, Trapped by Flames While Parents Are in a Near-By Church. PHONE CARRIES HER CRIES Operator Dispatches Aid After Victim Upsets Instrument in Feeble Battle to Escape.
While her parents were attending church only a few blocks away, Miss Erne J. Riley, 32 years old, a cripple from infancy, whose poems haves often been broadcast over the radio, was burned to death yesterday morning in bed at her home, 11 Myrtle Avenue, Edgewater, N. J.. Death
Fire raging out-of-control in Edgewater
At least a dozen nearby municipalities assisting in battling the fire including Hackensack, Fort Lee, Little Ferry, Teaneck, Tenafly, Hillsdale, Englewood, Mahwah, Oakland, New Milford and Franklin Lakes. FDNY Marine units are also fighting the fire.
Luxury New Jersey Apartment Complex Destroyed in Massive Fire
The fire was mostly contained by Wednesday night, with no loss of life or major injuries reported, according to Edgewater Mayor Michael McPartland. McPartland declared a local state of emergency Wednesday night, announcing schools will be closed .
Federal Investigators Join Arson Inquiry in New Jersey
Arson investigators continued rummaging today through the rubble of a sprawling, unfinished apartment complex ravaged by a fast-spreading fire Wednesday night, trying to determine whether the blaze was an accident or intentionally set. Theres nothing definitive yet, Joseph Green, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, said late this afternoon. The agency routinely dispatches its fire investigators to the sites of major blazes that cause more than $1 million in damage and significantly disrupt a town, Mr. Green said. Two of the bureaus investigators are working with members of the Bergen County prosecutors office.. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents join local investigators in effort to determine whether fire that destroyed 240 apartments in unfinished housing complex in Edgewater, NJ, was intentionally set (M)
Man Charged In Killings Evaded Strict Gun Laws
If the man accused of killing seven people near Boston on Tuesday got his guns in Massachusetts, he was able to skirt some of the strictest regulations in the country, people familiar with the states laws said today. Investigators said today that the suspect, Michael McDermott, did not have a permit for any of the four weapons he took to work. Without the permits, he was breaking Massachusetts law just by having the weapons.. Investigators say Michael McDermott, who is accused of killing seven co-workers at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield, Mass, did not have permit for any of four weapons he took to work; Massachusetts has some of strictest firearms regulations in country, but McDermott was apparently able to skirt them; investigators say they do not yet know where McDermott got his guns; recent federal study shows up to 70 percent of guns used in crimes in Boston came from out of state (M)
TOWN MOURNS LOSS OF ITS OLD HOTEL
A BIT of this historic community along the Toms River was lost earlier this month when fire destroyed the late-19th-century Edgewater Hotel. What went up in smoke, too, were the hopes of borough residents that the hotel, which was being renovated as a restaurant, would help revitalize the tiny downtown area. We really felt the loss, said Lucy Scheer, who lives just up the hill from the Edgewater with her husband, Norman, and their two young children. The Edgewater was such a classic. It would have been a real plus for the town if the renovation had been completed.
More than 1000 homeless after horrific EDGEWATER FIRE, officials say
EDGEWATER ��� About 1,000 residents of Edgewater are homeless after a roaring fire destroyed the 408-unit Avalon apartment complex and spread to nearby properties, authorities said Thursday morning at a press conference. The Bergen County Arson .
Fire at apartment complex home of broadcaster John Sterling
Edgewater Mayor Michael McPartland, who took office Jan. 2, declared a local state of emergency as firefighters battling the blaze reported it remaining out of control four hours after it first broke at 4:20 p.m. Five FDNY fire boats attacked the.
New Jersey Pier Fire on the Hudson Is Still Smoldering
New Jersey Pier Fire on the Hudson Is Still Smoldering
Woman Critically Hurt in Edgewater High-Rise Fire Dies.
The fire broke out around 9 a.m. in the 5300 block of North Sheridan Road, fire officials said.
$25,000 LIGHTNING LOSS.; Bolt Destroys Barn and Fire Threatens House in Rye.
. 12 houses destroyed
Edgewater Has $50,000 Fire.
EDGEWATER, N.J., Oct. 24.--The machine shop of the Warner sugar refinery was badly damaged by fire today. The blaze extended to the storehouse and garage of John J. McGarry, a contractor. A number of trucks were burned. The loss was 50,000. Fireman William Ingolds right hand was lacerated by broken glass.
In the Region/New Jersey; Edgewater Mixed-Use Project Has Traditional Look
PILES will soon be driven deep into a patch of former industrial land along the Hudson River here for a mixed-use enclave called the Promenade that is being designed as a throwback to an old-fashioned downtown Main Street replete with residences above shops. When completed by 2002, the development, which is to cost more than $75 million, will include 160,000 square feet of stores as well as five restaurants topped by 325 one- to three-bedroom rental apartments. There will also be two hotels with a total of 360 rooms, 20,000 square feet of space for professional offices, a public riverfront walkway and 1,500 parking spaces on the 15-acre site. It is just north of Gorge and River Roads in this Bergen County community at the base of the Palisades cliffs, not far from the George Washington Bridge.. Construction is set to begin in Edgewater, NJ, on mixed-used enclave called the Promenade, which is being designed as throwback to old-fashioned downtown Main Street replete with residences above shops; $75 million project will include 160,000 square feet of stores as well as five restaurants topped by 325 one- to three-bedroom rental apartments; there will also be two hotels, public riverfront walkway and 1,500 parking spaces; drawing; map (M)
CORN PRODUCTS PIER BURNS; Edgewater Plant Endangered for Four Hours by Stubborn Fire.
. Corn Products Co plant
Yankees broadcaster loses everything in devastating EDGEWATER FIRE, report says
EDGEWATER ��� Famed Yankees radio announcer John Sterling is one of the hundreds of victims in the massive five-alarm fire that destroyed a luxury apartment complex in Edgewater Wednesday night. ���Maybe Ill get lucky and there wont be that much .
National Briefing | New England: Massachusetts: Seeking Jury In Killings Trial
Jury selection began in the trial of a man accused of killing seven co-workers in a shooting rampage Dec. 26, 2000. Lawyers for the defendant, Michael McDermott, plan to argue that he is schizophrenic and was thus insane when he opened fire at Edgewater Technology in Wakefield. Prosecutors said Mr. McDermott, a software engineer, plotted the killings as revenge for the companys decision to dock his wages to pay his back taxes. Julie Flaherty (NYT). Jury selection begins in trial of Michael McDermott, accused of killing seven co-workers in shooting rampage in Wakefield, Mass; photo (S)
History repeats: Edgewater apartment complex destroyed by flames for second.
EDGEWATER ��� Its not the first time a massive inferno has engulfed the Avalon apartment complex ������ the 408-unit building overlooking the Palisades Cliffs was under construction on Aug. 30, 2000 when a fast-moving fire ripped through the property and .
No Injuries In Edgewater High-Rise Fire, One Pet Dies.
There were no injuries from a fire that broke out around 3:15 a.m. this morning in Edgewater. The blaze sent fire trucks and ambulances racing to the twelve story Shore Manor high-rise at the 5800 block of Sheridan Rd.
Schools closed, state of emergency declared after Edgewater inferno
EDGEWATER, N.J. (AP/PIX11) ���A local state of emergency has been declared after a massive fire engulfed a New Jersey apartment complex across the Hudson River from New York City. Edgewater Mayor Michael McPartland says local schools will be .
None Injured, But Cat Killed In High-Rise Fire In Edgewater.
Several people rushed out of their apartments Monday morning, after a fire in a high-rise in the Edgewater neighborhood.
Roads, schools closed as Edgewater fire continues to rage
EDGEWATER ��� One of the largest fires ever seen in Bergen County has closed off roads into Edgewater, according to officials. More than six hours after residents first smelled smoke, the 408-unit Avalon apartment complex continues to burn. Authorities .
SANTA CLAUS IS RETURNING TO EDGEWATER.
SANTA CLAUS IS RETURNING TO EDGEWATER. Share via email. The Officers. on Sunday, December 7th 2014. Santa along with his helpers will travel through the communities collecting toys on his very own fire truck!
Massive fire at Edgewaters Avalon apartments; hundreds evacuated
Firefighters battled a five-alarm blaze at an Edgewater apartment complex Wednesday evening, but the advancing flames defied their efforts and destroyed the larger building of the four-story Avalon at Edgewater complex.
Massive fire engulfs apartment units in New Jersey.
(CNN) ��� A massive fire at a New Jersey mid-rise consumed 175 apartments and displaced up to 400 residents. Fortunately, no one was injured. The fire broke out around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Avalon at Edgewater,��.
Massive fire burning at Edgewater apartment complex
The flames were reported around 4:30 p.m. at the Avalon Edgewater complex on Russell Avenue, according to police. Mutual aid fire crews were also called to assist. The Bergen County Office of Emergency Management as well as County Executive James .
Follow the coverage: Fire rages through Edgewater apartment building
EDGEWATER ��� A five-alarm fire ripped through a luxury apartment complex Wednesday night, leaving hundreds displaced from their homes. Edgewater Mayor Michael McPartland declared a local state of emergency, closing local schools and restricting .
Hundreds displaced in New Jersey apartment building fire
Connor Ryan (@connortryan) January 22, 2015. EDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) ��� Hampered by winds and frigid temperatures, firefighters battled a huge fire Wednesday night at a New Jersey apartment complex that sent flames sky high and smoke visible from .
$300,000 FIRE IN EDGEWATER; Several Firemen Overcome by Fumes from Linseed Warehouse Blaze.
. Midland Linseed Products Co warehouse
THOUSANDS ON DRIVE VIEW FIRE IN JERSEY; Smoke Billows Over Hudson as Flames Spread in Barrett Factory at Edgewater.
Several thousand persons gathered on Riverside Drive between Ninetysixth and 120th Streets last night to watch a spectacular fire in the plant of the Barrett Manufacturing Company in Edgewater, N.J., across the Hudson.. Barrett Mfg Co
IF YOURE THINKING OF LIVING IN: EDGEWATER
WHEN a pharmacy opened in Edgewater late last year, it was greeted with more than a few banners and a welcoming note from the local Chamber of Commerce. For in this municipality along the Hudson River directly across from upper Manhattan, a drugstore is an entirely new thing. Edgewater, pop. 4,600, entered 1984 without a single doctors office in town. There is no supermarket, no hospital, no place to buy a pair of socks. It has two dentists, but their offices have not been open for much more than a year. And until that day last year, borough residents had to leave town to buy a bottle of cough medicine. But the opening of the drugstore represented more than a convenience. The store is on the ground floor of Admirals Walk, an expensive condominium project that is seen as the symbol of a coming transformation.
A Night Spent Achingly Close to Home
With helicopters hovering overhead, and columns of smoke billowing in the not-so-far distance, Janice Tibus stood barefoot on the sidewalk, wearing plaid pajamas and holding a pair of black sandals in one hand. As she and her family tried nervously to get the phone number of a relative, a man on a stretcher was carried by. Dad, Ms. Tibus yelled, Thats Uncle Dennis! Her uncle, a volunteer in the Edgewater Fire Department, was being carried out of the inferno that began when an apartment complex being built across the street from the Tibusess house went up in flames. Minutes later, Ms. Tibuss father, Steven, returned with the news that his brother had suffered only exhaustion.. Residents of Edgewater, NJ, watch blaze that began in apartment complex under construction spread to their homes; they comment (M)
Crews extinguish fire at Edgewater Beach high-rise.
Residents of a high-rise building in Chicagos Edgewater Beach neighborhood were evacuated early Monday after fire broke out on the third floor.
Help center, pet shelter opened after raging EDGEWATER FIRE
EDGEWATER ��� Disaster assistance representatives will be on hand Thursday at the Edgewater Community Center to help residents displaced by a massive fire that ripped through an apartment building, forcing hundreds of residents from their homes, .
81-Year-Old Woman Dies After Fire at Edgewater High-Rise.
An 81-year-old woman died after a fire at an Edgewater high-rise Friday morning.
Avalon at Edgewater Apartment Fire ��� Class Action.
Chimicles and Tikellis is investigating a potential class action lawsuit on behalf of individuals who were recently displaced by the fire at the Avalon at Edgewater apartment complex in Edgewater, New Jersey. It has been alleged that hundreds of��.
Hundreds Displaced After Massive Fire Engulfs Edgewater, NJ Apartment.
. responders really stepped up to the challenge,��� McPartland said. The blaze broke out around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and raged for hours. The fire was raised to more than five alarms as embers spread and structures collapsed, according to Edgewater.
WOMAN IS INJURED AS FIRE SINKS BOAT; Man Who Could Not Swim Jumps Into Hudson to Escape Blaze and Is Rescued. JERSEY PIER THREATENED 40-Foot Launch Bursts in Flames as Owner Cranks Motor in Leaving Edgewater Dock.
HACKENSACK, N.J., Sept. 16.-- A woman was burned, a man was rescued from drowning and a forty foot motor launch sank in the Hudson River during a brief half hours excitement at Edgewater this morning.. Willie (launch) burns; Mrs G Auwells injured
Hundreds displaced in Edgewater apartment complex fire
Hundreds of people have been displaced by a large fire at the Avalon at Edgewater apartment complex in Edgewater. According to officials in town, all people and pets from the complex have been accounted for. Several firefighters sustained minor injuries.
Cat Killed in Edgewater High-Rise Fire | NBC Chicago
No people were hurt, but a cat was killed in a fire in a high-rise building early Monday in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side. Firefighters responded to the fire on the third floor of a 12-story apartment building in the��.
Fire-Ravaged New Jersey Apartment Complex Continues to Burn
Officials are trying to determine what caused a fire that destroyed a four-story New Jersey apartment building, displacing hundreds of people.
Plant Worker Hurt In a 5-Alarm Fire
A five-alarm fire at a plastics factory injured a worker and sent a large black cloud of smoke into the air today, forcing the temporary evacuation of 500 residents of a nearby condominium development, officials said. Firefighters from nine communities fought the blaze at the C-Lec Plastics Company here, containing it in about three hours, the police said. A C-Lec employee, Dan Walsh of Riverton, was treated and released from Rancocas Valley Hospital in Willingboro, a hospital spokesman said. Mr. Walsh suffered second- and third-degree burns on his hands and head.