NJ Firefighters Extinguish Apartment Fire

Photos and report by Tony Greco

Fire ripped through an apartment Monday afternoon at 193 Ackerman Ave Clifton, New Jersey.

There was some extension to apartment above, but a quick interior attack kept the fire to the origin apartment. One civilian was injured, and one firefighter sustained minor injuries.

NJ Firefighters Extinguish Apartment Fire. Photo by Tony Greco.

NJ Firefighters Extinguish Apartment Fire. Photo by Tony Greco.

NJ Firefighters Extinguish Apartment Fire. Photo by Tony Greco.

NJ Firefighters Extinguish Apartment Fire. Photo by Tony Greco.

NJ Firefighters Extinguish Apartment Fire. Photo by Tony Greco.

NJ Firefighters Extinguish Apartment Fire. Photo by Tony Greco.

NJ Firefighters Extinguish Apartment Fire. Photo by Tony Greco.

Above, a distraught apartment resident in the street outside the fire building.

For more on interior firefighting, consider NOZZLES AND HANDLINES FOR INTERIOR OPERATIONS, FIRE STREAMS AND THE AGGRESSIVE INTERIOR ATTACK , and THE FLOOR ABOVE.

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