Two-Alarm Fire Breaks Out in Passaic Apartment Building

March 14, 2026 | Passaic, NJ

Firefighters are battling a two-alarm blaze at an apartment building on Columbia Avenue, where flames erupted on the second and third floors. Emergency crews arrived to find fire showing from the upper levels of the structure. Ladder operations were quickly initiated, and mutual aid was requested to bolster the response efforts.

Fs On Scene w/ fire on 2nd & 3rd fl of a Apartment Building, Lines Stretched and Operating, Mutual Aid Request.

The incident unfolded on March 14 at approximately 9:38 p.m. No immediate reports of injuries have been confirmed.

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