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  • Fast moving fire destroys would-be Muslim center (Paterson, NJ)

    07/25/2005 5:30:59 PM PDT · by 4.1O dana super trac pak · 95 replies · 2,284+ views
    NorthJersey.com ^ | Eman Varoqa
    PATERSON - It was to be a Muslim youth center, a place for people to meet and mingle, but after a fire ravaged the building Sunday, it was nothing more than a toppled pile of charred bricks. A fast-moving blaze broke out around 4 p.m. and within 30 minutes had destroyed the historic warehouse at West Railway and Genessee avenues. The outer walls did not buckle under pressure, but everything inside succumbed. Three stories collapsed into one, and the wooden interiors fed the fire's fury even more. The Islamic Center of Passaic County purchased the abandoned warehouse in June 2003...