Fire Tears Through Cliffside Park Library

November 30, 2009

The Cliffside Park (N.J.) Public Library could be closed for two weeks after a fire ripped through the building November 30, causing extensive damage to books and two offices inside, according to the November 30 Bergen (N.J.) Record. Library officials said they still were assessing damage to the library, which is one of the busiest in Bergen County. Library Director Ana Chelariu said the collection of borough high school yearbooks dating back to 1928, along with the library’s magazines and opera CDs, were ruined, but the local history room was unscathed. Investigators believe a transformer outside the building exploded just before the fire that may have set an electrical panel on fire.

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