PATERSON, N.J. (WABC) -- 34 people are now homeless for the holidays as fire officials investigate the cause of the five-alarm blaze in Paterson, New Jersey. The homeowner told Eyewitness News the ...

A gas line was struck July 7 by a construction excavator just outside a Paterson school, prompting a brief evacuation and emergency response. The incident occurred near the school’s perimeter, leading ...

Some residents in Paterson, New Jersey, were told to shelter in place Saturday due to a fire believed to involve hazardous materials. The advisory was issued around 12:45 p.m. and lasted until about 6 ...

A family of five, including three children, were killed in a fire that broke out on Halloween night in Paterson, officials said. The city’s police and fire department were notified of the fire around ...

A family of five in Paterson, New Jersey was killed on Friday night by a fast-moving house fire that decimated their home and displaced seven members of their extended family. Crews first responded to ...

The shelter in place in Paterson has been lifted after a fire prompted a concern for “hazardous materials.” A fire investigation at 198 Putnam St. forced parts of Paterson within a 1-mile radius of ...

One person was killed when a fire broke out in a Paterson home Sept. 4, authorities said. The Paterson Fire Department responded to a residential fire on East 31st Street at 6:13 p.m., according to a ...

Teary-eyed, Maria Milagro Urbie, the mother of the deceased Andreas De Jesus Valdez, is hugged by a friend. A fatal fire on North 1st St. in Paterson Saturday afternoon. Saturday, February 15, 2020.