photo courtesy of Glen Rock Fire Department
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ho Ho Kus NJ, Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters responded to a fire at Albert’s Café Amici on Sycamore Avenue early Thursday morning.
Additional crews from Near by towns were dispatched to respond mutual aid into Ho Ho Kus for a working fire Chiefs 830 and 840 as well as Engine 833 from Glen Rock responded to the scene. Additional mutual aid from Ridgewood Fire , Waldwick Fire Truck 641 responded on the second alarm fire at Cafe Amici , Wyckoff Fire , Allendale Fire Rescue 942 , Midland Park Fire , Paramus Fire , Fair Lawn Fire and others also assisted at the scene.
Firefighters could be seen entering the café as well as assessing the damage to the outside of the building, which appeared to have minor fire damage. No flames were visible from the outside of the cafe as of about 2:30 a.m.
Albert’s Café Amici initially opened in Wyckoff in 2002 and later opened a Ho-Ho-Kus location, according to the café’s website.
“To all first responders
On behalf of our entire amici family and our neighbors I want to extend with immense gratitude our thanks . Words cannot capture the true expression of our profound appreciation for your heroic effort to extinguish our fire preserve the property and keep the light of hope alive for us all. To all the men and woman of the seven towns supporting this incredible act of courage and dedication ,We thank you .For Your commitment to serve our communities in times of peril we are eternally thankful .
We will rebuild thanks to your call to action and the incredible efforts of all your brother and sister fireman all too forgotten ,We thank you .
May bless you, your families
And all first responders at this time of thanks
Happy thanksgiving
Albert Franco
Alberts cafe amici“
