PATERSON — Flames had already engulfed a minivan’s engine and front seat area when the first firefighter arrived at the scene of a crash that toppled two service station gasoline pumps. Kenneth ...

A Halloween night fire in Paterson tragically claimed five lives, including three young children, as flames engulfed a two-story home.

People will read or see that there were five fatalities, but it was a family of five," Paterson Mayor Andre Sayeh said. Two firefighters were also hospitalized following the blaze, according to ...