THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS SENT TO 162 VAN BUREN ST, JUST BEFORE 11 AM, ON A REPORT OF A FIRE . BATTALION CHIEF KOVACS ARRIVED TO FIND SMOKE AND FIRE COMING FROM A SIDE WINDOW ON THE FIRST FLOOR. HE NOTIFY THE DESK FOR A SECOND ALARM, AND TOLD THEM HE ALSO MIGHT HAVE A BASEMENT FIRE AND TRANSMIT A SECOND ALARM. A LINE WAS STRETCHED THREW THE FRONT DOOR, THE FIRE WAS LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR KITCHEN , BUT THE FIRE WAS WELL ADVANCE AND HAD ALREADY TRAVELED THOUGH THE WALLS TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND THE ATTIC . THE FIRE TOOK MORE THEN  2HRS TO BRING UNDER CONTROL. THE SECOND FLOOR AND ATTIC WERE  VACANT . THERE WAS NO REPORTED INJURIES THE FIRE WENT TO A 4TH ALARM. MUTUAL AID FROM PASSAIC AND BERGEN COUNTY  ASSISTED THE CITY I FIGHTING THE FIRE.