All,
A 17-year-old Junior Firefighter was critically injured at a fire yesterday. The member, a Ridgefield Park (west of NYC) High School senior, had just arrived at a trash bin fire behind a Japanese restaurant when a pressurized canister stored on a nearby wooden pallet exploded.
The Firefighter was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center for emergency surgery with broken bones in his lower leg and hands and remains in the pediatric intensive care unit today.
The Firefighters quickly knocked down the two-alarm fire, which extended to the exterior of the restaurant, and had the fire under control at 3:15 p.m., barely 45 minutes after it began. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office was also notified. KHIYPs.
FIREFIGHTER CRITICAL AFTER OPERATING AT WILDLAND & STRUCTURAL FIRES
Firefighters are still working this morning to contain a major wildland fire in Ocean County that destroyed commercial buildings in Lakewood, damaged more than two dozen homes in neighboring Brick and left one Firefighter critically injured. Initial reports were that CPR and life-saving attempts were successful when the Firefighter went down. KTIYPs.
Take Care. Be Careful. Pass It On.
BillyG
The Secret List 3/15/2021-1200 Hours
