Alarmers

Around 2240 hours on April 12, 2023, North Hudson Fire Control transmitted a full assignment fora reported fire on 9th Street in Union City stating they were receiving numerous calls. Minutes latera second-alarm assignment was dispatched on a modified response fora report of smoke on Dodd Street in Weehawken. Engine 1 arrived on 9th Street and reported a working fire on 8th Street, and a second alarm was quickly transmitted. Meanwhile companies arriving on Dodd Street in Weehawken reported the fire was actually on Jane Street and requested a second alarm due to fire involving two 2-1/2 story frames. Due to the fire in Union City, the companies working in Weehawken had no assistance forover 20 minutes. Two Jane Street structures became fully involved and both eventually collapsed and two others sustained heavy damage in the rearof both homes. Several otherhomes sustained heat damage. The fire went to six alarms and the Union City fire went to five alarms bringing mutual aid companies from Hudson, Essex, Union, Passaic and Bergen counties. Both fires were declared undercontrol at around 0400 and were underinvestigation by local police departments and the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.