GALLOWAY TWP. - A Galloway Township man has been arrested after being injured in a fire police say he started.

On Monday, the Galloway Township Fire Department was called to the blaze on the 300 block of South Genoa Avenue. It's the residence of employees of a local blueberry farm. 42 year-old Arnoldo Lopez lived at the home and was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

Upon further investigation, Galloway Township Police arrested Lopez and charged him with aggravated arson.

Lopez is currently being held at the New Jersey Department of Corrections in Trenton on $75,000 bail.

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VINELAND - A family is displaced after a fire in Vineland Wednesday afternoon.

Fire officials say they received a call from a neighbor about smoke coming from a home on the 1100 block of Old Lake Road at 5 o'clock.

On scene, firefighters reported heavy smoke showing from the outside of the house. The blaze was put under control in about 35 minutes, but not before the home suffered significant damage.

No one was injured in the fire, the cause is still under investigation.

Joe Kemp, New York Daily News:

Nine people suffered minor injuries when a Fire Department rig and a garbage truck collided in Queens Monday night, authorities said.

The Ladder 129 truck and the private garbage carter smashed into each other at Northern Blvd. and 150th St. in Flushing about 9:30 p.m., authorities said.

 

 

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FDNY Ladder 129 was responding first due to a dwelling fire. While responding, they were involved in a violent crash on Northern Blvd with another vehicle (reported to be a garbage truck) in an intersection. Several members were trapped and had to be extricated. Members received a range of yellow and green injuries-from serious injured (fractures) to not so serious.

We have confirmed that the Officer and Chauffeur (driver) of the apparatus were wearing their seat belts and the wearing of those seat belts, by all indications (see photos of the crash on our home page) probably saved their lives-as they were the most seriously injured.

Site of somke as per police smoke coming from Butterhof's wood stove. 1600 advised all equipment to stay in station.