Teaneck NJ 2nd alm, 985 Garrison Ave 03-30-13

At around 1:15pm on Saturday March 30th, 2013, Teaneck FD responded to 985 Garrison Ave for a reported house fire, on arrival heavy smoke was issuing from the eaves and chimney and a working fire was found in the basement, heavy fire conditions and an arcing electrical panel hampered firefighters attempting to gain entry into the basement. A 2nd alarm was requested bringing the remaining Teaneck engine, a ladder from Hackensack and an engine from Englewood to the scene. As firefighters tried to contain the fire, conditions deteriorated rapidly forcing members to evacuate the building, an exterior attack was set up using a deck gun from E-2 and elevated streams from TL-1 and Hackensack L-1, a special call was also made for an additional engine from Bogota and MSU-1 from Hackensack along with the Box 54 rehab unit while mutual aid companies covered Teaneck fire headquarters. The fire took just under 2 hours to get under control, no injuries were reported and the fire is under investigation but not considered suspicious.