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UPDATE: A firefighter and a police officer saved the life of a junior firefighter when he was critically injured in an explosion behind a Ridgefield Park restaurant, authorities said Monday.
The 17-year-old Ridgefield Park High School senior remained in stable but critical condition following several surgeries at Hackensack University Medical Center, they said.
The junior firefighter, whose name was withheld because of his age, had completed a training exercise before the call came in at 2:12 p.m. Sunday, Fire Chief John Antola Jr. said.
A fire had erupted in a makeshift wooden garbage bin about 10 feet behind Kiseki, a Japanese restaurant at the corner of Mount Vernon Street and Lincoln Avenue, the chief said in a release.