YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Moonachie police rescued a 44-year-old disabled resident whose cat died in a mobile home fire apparently caused by a faulty appliance early this morning.
Moonachie Police Officers Christopher Inserra and Kelly Ricardo arrived less than a minute after the 5:07 a.m. call at the Metropolitan Mobile Home park on Moonachie Road and removed the disabled resident from the front porch, Sgt. Jeff Napolitano said.
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They then evacuated the complex, as the woman’s home became engulfed, the sergeant said.
The blaze was put down by Moonachie firefighters, with assistance from their colleagues from Wood-Ridge, Little Ferry, Carlstadt, and South Hackensack.
Several surrounding homes sustained exterior heat and water damage but didn’t catch fire, Napolitano said.
No injuries were reported.
PHOTO, TOP: Courtesy Ken Jannucci