At around 1130 this morning Mahwah Firefighters along with the Ramsey Fire Dept. responded to MacArthur Boulevard for a smoke condition. After entering the building Mahwah Firefighters were met with a considerable smoke condition and began their search for the cause. Firefighters found that smoke was coming from a battery back up system that had malfunctioned. After securing the power to that system firefighters worked to remove the smoke from the building before returning to quarters.

Mahwah Fire is currently Investigating a smoke condition.

Yesterday just before 5am Mahwah Fire and many additional firefighters from the surrounding area responded to Franklin Turnpike for a large fire inside of a commercial building. The first arriving firefighters found the fire had extended through the second floor and roof. Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze and ensured that it had not spread to the neighboring businesses.

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Mahwah Fire had a busy evening tonight which started with an MVA on Route 17. Mahwah Fire responded to Route 17 North for an MVA with an injured driver and after arriving on scene Firefighters found that the car had gone into a ravine next to a small creek. Firefighters worked quickly to secure the vehicle and remove the driver, who was transported to an area hospital. While this was going on additional Firefighters responded to Ramapo Valley Road for a smoke condition inside of the home. After arriving on scene Firefighters were able to secure the issue causing the smoke. Not long after returning from those calls Mahwah Fire responded to Winding Trail for the second smoke condition. After arriving, Firefighters were able to find the cause and began to return to quarters.