UPDATE: Two Hackensack police officers who carried a disabled resident from a garden apartment fire were briefly hospitalized for smoke inhalation along with a trio of firefighters last night.
The two-alarm blaze began on a mattress just after 9:30 p.m. and extended up an exterior wall to the attic of the building on Polifly Road near Lodi Street, Fire Capt. Justin Derevyanik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
Five of six residents who were displaced got out on their own.
Hackensack Police Sgt. Benny Marino and Officer William Moyano carried the sixth from the burning building, Capt. Timothy Lloyd told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
Two firefighters were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of heat exhaustion and the third for a back injury, Derevyanik said.
A Teaneck FAST team also responded.
PHOTO: Courtesy HACKENSACK FD
