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NORTHERN NEW JERSEY - A number of incidents kept firefighters in the northern New Jersey area busy during April 7 and 8.

At about 8 p.m. on April 7, Newark firefighters were dispatched to 729 Grafton Avenue for a report of a house on fire. Truck Company #7 arrived to find heavy smoke coming from a vacant 2.5-story wood-frame structure at that location. Battalion 3 transmitted a Signal 11 (working fire) and the first-alarm assignment had the fire under control in short order.

Also on April 7, at approximately 9 p.m., the Carlstadt Fire Department was dispatched for a report of a fire on the porch of 317 Madison Street. Units arrived to find fire on the porch with extension to the A-side of the building. After the visible fire was knocked down, mutual aid companies assisted Carlstadt firefighters with overhaul and checking for extension.

At around 11 p.m. that same night, firefighters with Newark’s 4th Battalion were dispatched to 66 Cypress Street for a report of another structure fire. This incident occurred in a vacant, 3-story wood-frame residence, just off Fabyan Place. Deputy 1 transmitted the Signal 11 and the fire was controlled with the resources assigned on the first alarm.

A second alarm was "struck" in Summit at approximately 7:30 a.m. on April 8. A fire in an outside fireplace that was built into the rear of an attached garage at 86 Hobart Avenue had extended into the building. Mutual aid companies from Millburn and Springfield were called to the scene and assisted with checking for extension and overhaul.

In Caldwell a general alarm was sounded for a fire that occurred in a large 3-story wood-frame structure at 8 Hanford Place. Caldwell firefighters, along with numerous mutual aid companies, fought a stubborn fire in the rear and on the third floor of the building. Command ended up calling for a defensive attack at one point to get the bulk of the fire knocked down, and companies spent the remainder of the afternoon moping up hidden pockets of fire.