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October 29, 2005

Tragedy averted in eatery fire

burnt_store_close_up.jpgSaturday, October 29, 2005
By MICHAELANGELO CONTE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER
Jersey City firefighters avoided a possibly deadly explosion while putting out a fire in a Chinese restaurant near Journal Square yesterday, officials said.

"If the owners would have opened the door it would have blown them across the street and could even have taken the structure down," Battalion Chief Andrew Johnson said of the three-story building.

When firefighters responded to the fire, at Kennedy Boulevard and Sip Avenue, at 6:31 a.m., they found the restaurant's rolldown door concealed a fire that had smoldered overnight, Johnson said.

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October 28, 2005

2824 JFK Blvd. Close-up of fire damage

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Fire inside restaurant at 2824 JFK

Chinese_w.jpg There was a fire this morning inside the Chinese restaurant at 2824 JFK...directly below the Islamic Center...there were worshipers inside the temple at the time of the fire, but everyone was evacuated safely...according to an official from the fire department there have been no injuries reported.

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