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Firefighters in middle of rescue when Paterson home explosion occurred

Firefighters say that they were in the middle of helping to evacuate residents when an explosion destroyed two multifamily homes in a Paterson neighborhood. Battalion Chief Brian Rathbone says he was

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Oct 5, 2016, 11:49 PM

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