A three-alarm fire caused extensive damage to a mixed-use building in Montclair’s Central Business District this past Saturday, closing businesses, displacing residents and sending two people to the hospital.

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According to a statement emailed to The Montclair Times by Deputy Fire Chief Robert Duncan, the blaze was reported to the Montclair Fire Department at approximately 3:30 a.m.

Duncan stated that the fire began in the basement of Jerry’s Antiques, a business at 229 Glenridge Ave., near the corner of Bloomfield Avenue.

“The products of combustion quickly spread to the apartments above,” Duncan stated in the email. He noted the cause is still under investigation.

Residents were rescued from their apartments, and from the building’s fire escape. According to Duncan, the two residents sent to the hospital were treated for smoke inhalation. As of Monday afternoon, he did not know if the residents had been discharged.

No firefighters were injured while responding to the incident.

According to Duncan, 16 residents were displaced by the fire.

“The structure sustained heavy fire damage to the basement and 1st floor,” Duncan stated. “The building is uninhabitable and has been ‘red carded.'”

The Montclair Times contacted Jerry Deltufo of Jerry’s Antiques, but he could not offer a comment before press time.

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