The first fire broke out at a three-story building on East 32nd Street around 10:50 p.m. Wednesday.
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Then, a four-alarm fire spread to three homes on Marshall Street, near Slater Street, at 4 a.m.
The families in those three homes were able to get out uninjured.
A total of 11 families were displaced, leaving 30 people temporarily homeless.
The American Red Cross is assisting some of those families to find temporary housing.
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Then, while Paterson firefighters were battling the second blaze, they also had to put out a car fire on Interstate 80.
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