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Fire sweeps through 3 apartment buildings in N.J. city, 17 residents displaced Updated May 07, 11:18 AM; Posted May 07, 10:29 AM Facebook Share An early morning fire in Paterson damaged three apartment buildings, leaving 17 people in need of shelter and some of the evacuees temporarily trapped in a yard behind the fire, authorities said. The three-alarm fire began about 3 a.m. Friday inside a building in the 100 block of Lafayette Street, according to Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale. Speziale said the fast-moving blaze damaged the apartment buildings on either side, and police and firefighters evacuated all three structures. Police officers and some of the evacuees, including one with physical disabilities, were trapped in a yard between a fence and “very heavy fire conditions,” Speziale said. They were freed after firefighters cut open the fence. ....
2 men critically wounded in triple shooting in Paterson area known as ‘monopoly block,’ cops say Updated Feb 11, 2021; Two men were in critical condition late Wednesday following a shooting in Paterson that left one other person wounded in an area police say is popular with drug dealers and their customers. Paterson police were called to a report of shots fired shortly after 5 p.m. to the area of Summer Street and Broadway where officers found three city men – ages 37, 38 and 52 – suffering from gunshot wounds, according to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and city Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora. They were all taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson. The 52-year-old and 38-year-old were both in critical condition Wednesday night, Valdes said. ....