Passaic NJ 7th Alarm, 24 Broadway, 11-13-13

November 13th 2013, @20:40 Passaic NJ FD responded to 24 Broadway for a building fire and upon arrival found a rapidly spreading gas fed fire in the 2 story bodega with apartments above, an aggresive offense attack was started but rapidly deteriorating conditions forced the firefighters out of the building. The fire spread to 22 and 20 Broadway, 3 story buildings, with stores on the 1st floor and apts above destroying all 3 buildings, extrordinary efforts kept the fire from spreading to 26 Broadway even with heavy fire impinging on that structure. The fire eventually went to 7 alarms with FF's from 26 depts responding, no injuries to either FFs or civilians were reported but the fire which took approximately 5 hours to be placed under control left @100 people homeless, the cause is under investigation and FFs remained on the scene throughout the night and next day hitting hot spots which continued to flair up.