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Hackensack NJ, at 1232am members of the City of Hackensack Fire Department Second Platoon were dispatched to 64 Prospect Ave on activated fire alarm. While in route dispatch received multiple 9-1-1 calls from residents reporting a fire. Units arrived on scene and found a working fire in apartment B5 on the second floor. This quickly escalated to a 3rd alarm due to multiple rescue of residents on the fire escape including two children whose parents dropped them into the arms of firefighters below. The fire was quickly extinguished by an aggressive interior attack coupled with multiple rescues of residents on the Fire escape all with 18 on duty firefighters and assistance from mutual aid. No injuries were reported several residents were displaced and went to stay with relatives. The Red Cross assisted other residents. The fire under investigation by fire prevention.
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