A big honor for three heroes in Newark who also made history breaking racial barriers. A firehouse was dedicated Friday to the city's first three African-American firefighters.
Fire crews battle tire fire in Heath area
The fire department is telling residents to close their windows, run their air conditioner and avoid going outside while the smoke is in the area. Author: 10TV Web Staff Updated: 11:35 PM EDT May 23, 2021
Multiple fire crews are on the scene of a tire fire at a storage facility in the Heath area and officials believe the fire could burn for days.
According to the Newark Fire Department, they were called to the 300 block of South 30th Street around 6:50 p.m. on a report of a fire.
The Fire Chief for the Heath Fire Department says a deep pile of tires caught fire inside the storage facility and is causing black smoke in the area.
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ARCADIA, N.Y. (WHEC) A Lyons woman had to be cut out of her car after Wayne County Sheriff s Deputies say she lost control and hit a snowplow head-on.
It happened at around 7:30 a.m. Thursday on Route 31 in the Town of Arcadia.
Deputies say Lorrie Jean Rood, 59, was headed east on Route 31, when she lost control on the snowy road and hit a New York State Department of Transportation snowplow head-on.
The Newark Fire Department had to cut her out of the car. She was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital with a head injury.
She was ticketed for speeding.
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Black firefighters group’s building was torn down by city. Now, they want answers.
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Posted Mar 13, 2021
The lot at 97-99 Clinton Ave. in Newark s Central Ward now sits empty. The lot is owned by the Vulcan Pioneers of Newark and the structure there was torn down by the city in November.Rebecca Panico | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Charles Mitchell was shocked when he started getting calls on a Saturday in November telling him the City of Newark was demolishing the headquarters of the Vulcan Pioneers of Newark, a fraternal organization of Black firefighters.
“I just started calling everyone telling them to try to stop it,” said Mitchell, who is now the group’s president.