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Small campfire lit by homeless person near Crooks Avenue, Clifton NJ

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/13/2025 09:04 AM

US-46 & Crooks Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011

As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a small campfire started by a homeless person under an overpass near Crooks Avenue and Route 46 West to keep warm.

Audio|Heard on: Clifton Fire and EMS

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02:16

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 2. Crooks Avenue and Route 46 West.

00:03

I'm Garsh Pire.

00:06

Ladder 3. Engine 1.

00:08

Engine 1. Engine 2.

00:09

Crooks Avenue and Route 46 West.

00:12

I'm Garsh Pire.

00:13

Time is now 12.04.

00:21

Hello, I'm from engine 5.

00:22

We're out of service temporarily while hazmat does it throw a test.

00:31

The engine 2 is responding.

00:39

Glad of 3 gone, Crooks in 46.

00:53

Engine 1 is en route.

00:55

Corrects the 46.

00:56

All right.

01:02

Allarm to engine one.

01:11

Go to one. All right, we got another call stating that it is a homeless mail party, started a big fire.

01:21

Looks like to keep himself warm underneath the underpass.

01:31

Receive.

01:33

What's the best approach?

01:40

Yeah,

01:42

unknown. There's the westbound side.

01:45

I'm from Crokes.

01:52

Leiterreza in the area, investigating.

02:03

All right, see the fireline is a small campfire with the homeless.

02:08

You can hold this a lot of three.

02:12

All right to save firelands.

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US-46 & Crooks Ave, Clifton, NJ 07011

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