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Leonia NJ, a massive fire tore through two apartment buildings on Grand Avenue in Leonia on Valentine’s Day, displacing multiple families and leaving two beloved pets missing.
Continue reading Leonia Apartment Fire Displaces Families, Two Pets Still Missing
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Leonia NJ, the Leonia Fire Department has been busy the last few days. Units handled a basement fire in a home in town during the early morning hours on Friday and then responded to a mutual aid to the City of Englewood for a 3rd alarm fire on Saturday. The company then held our annual memorial service and apparatus inspection on Monday morning, which was even interrupted by a call for service. Today, units were out all morning handling various emergencies in town including a 4 car accident on Broad Ave. and a power line on fire on Lakeview Avenue.
The Leonia Fire Department is 100% volunteer, 24/7, 365 days a year for the last 125 years. If interested in joining the team please reach out with any questions or pick up an application from the firehouse if you see us there or Borough Hall.
Continue reading Leonia Fire Department Puts in a Hectic Memorial Day Weekend
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Continue reading Car Crashes into Building in Leonia, Explodes into Flames
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Leonia NJ, on April 30th at 1:26PM Leonia Fire Department was dispatched to assist a resident who’s cat was stuck on the roof. Members of the Ladder Company , Lt Quinton, Ff Pawlick were able to bring the cat safely down and reunited her with her family. Units on scene Le-9, Le-8 and Ladder 1. No injuries reported . The cats name was not released to the press.
Continue reading Leonia Fire Fighters Rescue Cat from the Roof of a Single Family Home
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Leonia NJ, Give Chance recently received 600 boxes (86,400 pcs) of hand sanitizer from Prizma Jewelry (CEO: Kim Joon-woo) and J World Sports, Inc (CEO: Kim Hee-dong) on May 25th. Prizma Jewelry is a costume jewelry manufacturer and importer for contemporary fashion accessories based in New York City. Their mission is to serve as an inspiration, to be a positive and honest entity, and to always give more than they receive. Founded in 1983, J World Sports, Inc. is a manufacturer of backpack brands such as J World New York, Twise, and Tanka. The company focuses on serving others by enriching people’s lives and raising happiness indexes with their products and services.
