Wayne Blaze Renews Fears About Safety of Apartments ; Wetlands Hamper Firetrucks' Access

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The fire last Monday at the Mountain View Crossing apartment complex in Wayne has rekindled concerns that the building isn't safe because it is surrounded by wetlands, making it impossible for firetrucks to maneuver on much of the property.

When it was built in the early 1990s, the massive, 171-unit apartment house known as Building One was shoehorned onto a narrow strip of land between two water retention ponds and a marsh that is part of North Cove Park. The fire lanes were squeezed to allow a bigger building a design flaw that has worried township officials since the first tenant moved in.

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Wayne Blaze Renews Fears About Safety of Apartments ; Wetlands Hamper Firetrucks' Access

Those fears were confirmed Monday afternoon, when a fire broke out in the attic above a third-floor apartment and quickly spread to the roof. Several dozen of the building's nearly 200 res...

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