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“The manpower [was] needed because of a lot of tedious work that must be done. Then there’s the weather,” a local police officer who is also a firefighter told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
“The fire is smoldering throughout the entire roof line,” he said. “We actually had to stop for a while because of the lightning.”
They also had to cut through the roof to get to the line, a time-intensive process that required them to work in shifts to avoid exhaustion.
The call came in to Elmwood Park police at 8:10 p.m. It eventually reached five alarms and was extinguished just before 2:30 a.m.
Departments dispatched included units from Fair Lawn, Garfield, Saddle Brook, Lodi and Hackensack, but also from Paramus and Maywood and as far as Glen Rock, River Edge and Teaneck.
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The struggling paper recycler and manufacturer was sold just last month to Soundview Paper Co., an affiliate of Atlas Holdings of Greenwich, Conn. Although the brand name will continue to be used in toilet paper, tissues and other products, the company officially is becoming Soundview Paper.
Employees have been waiting to find out who gets to stay and who will be let go. Soundview picks up the contract with the 450 Marcal members of the United Steelworkers Union, which expires in September.
Italian immigrant Nicholas Marcalus founded Marcal in North Jersey 80 years ago.
But his descendants filed for bankruptcy six years ago, listing debts of $156 million (versus $100 million in assets), and the company was seized by Highland Capital Management LP of Dallas.
Atlas’ companies do pulp and paper manufacturing, and are involved in various other businesses.
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