The 234 Apartment

CLOSE After a fire gutted apartments , residents came back to gather some of their belongings. Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com Flames tore through a condo building at 225 N. Maple Ave. in Park Ridge on Aug. 19. (Photo: Bill Tompkins/Special to NorthJersey.com) On Saturday morning residents of a Park Ridge condominium complex were allowed to return to collect belongings after a fire Friday night displaced about 50 people.  No one was injured and the cause of the fire that started about 9 p.m. on North Maple Avenue remained under investigation, Park Ridge Fire Chief Thomas Derienzo said. On Saturday, a  blue tarp covered the collapsed roof of the building where the fire started. There are 25 apartments in the building and some surrounding the fire had smoke and water damage. Windows were also boarded up with wood on the first and second floors.  Police were called in to block the entrance to a condominium complex on North Maple Avenue after too many people were trespassing to take ...

MIAMI-DADE, Fla. - A man was killed and two other men were wounded Saturday at the Silver Blue Lakes Apartments in Northwest Miami-Dade.  Authorities responded to 1321 NW 103 St., where a yellow tarp later covered a body in the parking lot. According to Detective Argemis Colome the third shooting victim was at 1447 NW 101 St.  "I heard the shots and I duck and I grabbed my kids and went down," Tiffany Johnson said. "When the bullets stopped flying , I came outside and saw an innocent person on the ground."  Relatives identified the man killed as 54-year-old Sylvester Thompson. Miami- Dade Fire Rescue rushed the other two men to Jackson Memorial Hospital 's Ryder Trauma Center .  Miami- Dade homicide detectives were investigating the shooting and were asking anyone with information to call Miami- Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. This is a developing story. Refresh this link for more information.  Copyright 2017 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reser...