A fire at a single-family home on 17th Street in Norwood, New Jersey, sent a man to the hospital with burns to his hands and face. In a separate fire, at a home on Glenn Avenue, firefighters pulled a dog from a smoke-filled home. At the dog-rescue scene, police and firefighters descended within minutes, but thick black smoke and intense heat kept officers from entering until backup arrived.
According to Daily Voice, police and firefighters were called at 1:59 p.m. to a home on Glenn Avenue near Tappan Road in Norwood, where a dog was trapped. ABC7 reports a separate fire at a home on 17th Street near Fifth Avenue in Norwood, where a man was taken to the hospital with burns to his hands and face. Investigators had not yet determined what sparked that fire.
Smoke Pouring From the Garage
The first police officers at the Glenn Avenue home found flames and heavy black smoke pouring from the garage, per the Daily Voice account. Officers tried to get inside but were driven back by the heat and smoke, leaving the rescue to arriving fire crews. A resident had reported that a dog was trapped somewhere inside the house, raising the stakes as crews pushed toward the structure.
Firefighters eventually made entry and pulled the dog from the smoke-filled home, according to the same report. Crews then knocked down the flames, and the fire damage was ultimately described as limited mainly to the garage, a vehicle parked inside it, and the immediately surrounding area.
Six Departments Provide Mutual Aid
Norwood Fire Department didn't fight the blaze alone. Harrington Park, Old Tappan, Demarest, Closter, Emerson and Northvale fire departments all sent crews to assist Norwood, bringing the response to seven departments — a mutual-aid response spanning much of the surrounding Bergen County area. The scale of that response underscores how seriously crews treated the smoke and flames pouring from the garage.
As of the ABC7 report, no cause had been determined for the fire, and the man's condition beyond being hospitalized for burns to his hands and face was not detailed.
