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Fire captain injured after Hackensack BBQ propane tank explosion

ONLY ON CVP: A Teaneck fire captain was being kept overnight at Hackensack University Medical Center after falling through the roof while fighting a stubborn blaze at a Hackensack house where a propane tank exploded during a barbecue.

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Teaneck Fire Capt. Paul Kearns is sore after falling 12 feet through a roof while fighting a Hackensack fire yesterday, but he’s feeling much better, those who visited him at Hackensack University Medical Center told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. READ MORE….


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Teaneck Fire Capt. Paul Kearns was being kept overnight at Hackensack University Medical Center after falling through a roof while fighting a stubborn blaze at a Hackensack house where a propane tank exploded during a barbecue early Saturday evening. READ MORE….


Firefighters were still extinguishing the blaze at 265 Clinton Place at 9:45 tonight, more than three and a half hours after the explosion rocked the neighborhood.

Fifty firefighters from several companies responded to the three-alarm blaze, which, “from the looks of it, appears accidental,” a Hackensack fire official told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight.

The Teaneck captain doesn’t appear to be seriously injured, another firefighter said.

“Last report was that he has a back injury and is being held overnight for observation,” he told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

Two other people with minor injuries were treated.







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