Fire damages apartment buildings, leaves dozens homeless in Paterson, New Jersey

Thursday, August 27, 2020
PATERSON, New Jersey (WABC) -- A four-alarm fire tore through a Paterson building overnight and damaged two others, leaving dozens of residents homeless.

Heavy flames shot from the three-story apartment building on Mill Street at around 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
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The blaze went to four alarms and damaged two other buildings before firefighters declared the situation under control

No injuries were reported, but 62 residents were left homeless.
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They are being assisted by the American Red Cross.

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