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Rockleigh NJ, Northvale police responded at about 5:50 p.m. on Thursday to a report of heavy smoke emanating from the popular wedding venue the Rockleigh country club on Paris Avenue on the border between the two towns, according to a statement from Northvale Police Chief Howard Ostrow.
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According to police ,upon arrival, first responders found smoke conditions at the venue. The fire started in the boiler room but quickly spread to the second floor.
The fire interrupted a scheduled wedding ceremony. That left attendees waiting two blocks away at Veterans Drive, standing around and waiting near a caravan of SUVs in black suits and sequined dresses, hoping for word from officials as to whether the event would take place.
The fire was knocked down and under control in about 30 to 40 minutes, Chief Ostrow said, and all guests and employees were evacuated safely. But two hours after the fire began, guests and family members were still outside, unsure if the ceremony was to be postponed.
Rockleigh Fire department, Northvale Fire department, Norwood Fire department, Closter Fire department, Harrington Park Fire department, Old Tappan Fire department, Demarest Fire department, Emerson Fire department, Tappan, N.Y. Fire department., Piermont N.Y. Fire department, and Sparkill N.Y.Fire department, responded along with EMS units from Northvale, Closter, Norwood, South Orangetown, N.Y., and other municipalities across North Jersey.
Now there is a bad omen if there ever was one! Good luck with that marriage.