That is just amazing how you paired the before and after. Great deal of work and you sir, did a excellent job. Thank you.

I had not looked! I didn't want to see! I clocked out that very day at four thirty. I got home with no clue that five minutes back a fire had erupted! I got home. I didn't watch the news. So my mind was not corrupted. I worked for the logistics company NFI only two weeks. I was in shock that morning at four thirty. There was no way to get in. I finally ask, and it was to be that part of Marcal Paper had burned indeed. Felt really sad 😢 but glad no one was hurt and thanks to the first responder for all the help!

Here in the UK our most devastating fire was Grenfel Tower in June 2017. Lots of lives lost in that terrible incident. Thankfully here, nobody seems to have been injured, and while the loss of this iconic landmark is in itself a tragedy, I am sure people will pull through. Fire crews the world over seldom get recognition for what they do, often in terrible conditions and at great risk. Thanks for this update. The scale of destruction couldn't be determined from the nighttime videos of the fire, so seeing this has been very interesting.

Yes. The Marcal paper company was a true New Jersey land Mark! You did a fantastic job of showing us how it was the night before. And today. One place that always reminded me of we were getting closer to our home in PARSIPPANY. Was when we saw the Marcal paper company's red neon sign. As it was right on the edge of the Passaic river. Dividing Bergen and Passaic counties. But sadly it no longer exists. My heart goes out to the employees who worked there. I heard on Eyewitness news that 50 fire departments responded! And there were 300 firefighters on scene. And it went to 10 alarms! How sad! Also the SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD has 1 less customer. As they would bring in box car's full of paper. But sadly no more. Again you did an AWESOME job!

Nice aftermath and great edit, a very cold job putting that out.

Just a heartbreaking loss. Iconic. Nice job on the videos.

The tragic fire that started as a small fire and destroyed the entire company. Fantastic Videos

RIP Marcal. I live streamed this with scanner audio, video is still up. thanks for posting.

Awesome ice shots ;-) Thank you to anybody who had spent there to fight the red devil. You created a very good video with all the flash backs.

Outstanding job with the video. I lived in Colfax ave next to Clifton High and that big Marcal sign was my que that was almost home. I hope they rebuild. Thank God no one was killed and great job to all the emergency services dam fine job. DR2 you stay warm and safe and keep up the great job you are doing you have the best close up video out there

great footage! I'm glad it's not as cold where I am that running water freezes that quick with heat of the fire warming it up

We liked the way you did your video. Thank you

The best before and after footage ever! The ice is beautiful and horrible all at the same time, you know? Best document of the fire I have seen. Documentary film at it's finest. Subscribing! Thanks!

One of my fuel customers was a paper mill in Hopewell Virginia on the James River. The mill in the video is massive much larger than the one I worked but about the same age.

Great coverage

Stunning video.

So sad seeing a landmark like that gondown and seeing it everytime id drive down rt80. A few friends of mine who are fire fighters posted alot of pic and videos too. Great video fromt start to end.

Great video coverage of this terrible Fire and Hats off to all the firefighters for doing a tremendous job It reminds me of my Father who was a Tillerman and Captain for South Bend Indiana Fire Department

Great video!!

great editing well done

Excellent Footage from the Beginning to the End ' 📹📲

Great job guys, hey you trucks look a lot better than that old 49 Mack convertible that I was privileged to drive on a few runs.

Great work too many times we never see the aftermath

This really makes me sad. I moved out of NJ in 2008 when I was 28, and just a month or two ago I was talking to my sister that still lives there, we were talking about that sign and what it meant when we were kids. It meant we were close to Grandma's house. She sent me a picture of it from rt 80 west just a month ago and now this.

Great video. I just wish more ppl would do aftermath video's, especially with nighttime fires.

Thank goodness no one was injured, or killed.

Devastating beyond Belief great video though

Reminiscent of, but much more spectacular than the Passaic/Clifton Velveray fire of March 1960.

Must admit,as a NJ resident when I watched this iconic landmark on fire, I did shed some tears😢 Marcal paper products were always good quality and at a good value; but the first thing that hit me, was the next morning many people would have no jobs to go to... I am sad for the loss of the company and jobs but grateful there were no fatalities.

Wow great shots, I saw fire from my house, but not this close. Towns left their hose therefrozen& left

That must've been one hell of a hot fire to collapse a brick building like that. It probably melted the mortar holding it together

The speed at which the fire spread across and destroyed the mill (35acre site?) is crazy. From first engibe on scene to collapse of main building was ~5-6 hours, right?

It seemed like they were slow to respond to the spreading fire. The gray metal clad warehouse was fully involved before they got any water on it. Same with the main brick building.

good work bro!

Such shame when a historic building is lost I know they can rebuild it but wouldn’t be same it’s so lucky that no one was hurt as was such big fire and all that burnable material around now looks like a ice building glad you all went back to the firehouse safe

On my 'bucket list' has always been to visit where, and to learn how, fire-bricks are made. Thank you, youtube.

Idk why but the burned building with the icicles looks cool

Was there any sort of sprinkler system installed anywhere? It seemed to take hold of the entire plant very quickly, and I was wondering whether there was any fault in the design which allowed that to happen. It was frightening to see just how quickly it took hold.

Wow!

There was a paper plant in my hometown that went up in the matter of minutes. Spontaneous combustion. Even after the fire was out it was still smoldering a week later. I drove our heavy tow truck out and started moving employees cars away from the building and bashing down loading bay doors with the boom. Employees didn't have a chance to grab anything. It wasn't a very old factory and unfortunately they never rebuilt.

Anyone else noticed one of the fire trucks with West Paterson written on it?

So sad to see this North Jersey landmark from my childhood gone😢😢😢...it's true what they say..."nothing lasts forever"...😢😢😢

Hope they will rebuild would hate to lose good blue collar jobs

I'd hate to be their insurance adjuster. " So we've rented you an apartment across the street , and we forwarded your mail to it for next year"

Impressiv footage of the inferno and the morning after. Could almost feel the heat and smell the hot air. Stay save and keep up the good work!

U guys say how u think the weather was bad but what u dont understand is that without the firefighters going out at what ungodley hour to protect people in there city and the fact that they are going out in frezeing weather to put out a fire shows true love for there city and its not like they only did this once they do this ALOT same with forest fires they all work togeath to help there city because they know that there helping others

I reported on this fire from the beginning. It was bad, but could have been so much worse. Those firefighters had to deal with terrible conditions. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video bro!!!!!! Glad to see this video!!!! I really love watching your videos!!!! What alarm was that fire???? Do you know if anyone was inside when the factory caught fire????? Did that catch fire again???? I noticed there was some fire but I’m not sure if it actually happened. I love the apparatus on scene as well bro!!!!!! I also love your new outdo at the end of the video!!!!!

Great video....I noticed that at least one of the ladder trucks spraying water was controlled by a firefighter at the bottom of the ladder is he watching a video from atop the ladder

Drafting from the Passaic because of frozen hydrants, used a hose to death supplying water too. Probably first and last engine....

Nice 👍 footage

Very great footage you would Make a great stringer

Wow! Just amazed me that weather can do that! Amazing footage!

Great job with the before and after shots! It's both sad and breathtaking to see the shell of building incased in ice

This fire started in the middle of a ragging cold snap windstorm. That alone is a major fire hazard as heating systems get overworked and overheat in key parts. Chances are the fire investigators will find that a heating duct system and paper dust clogged fan motor started the fire. Cold snaps are a major fire hazard despite their cold.

Great video. You did a fantastic job. Do they have any idea on how it started. I have family that worked there. So much damage. It is strange that something so horrible could look beautiful with the ice.

That’s some Major damage there

Great edit. Will it be rebuilt? Are the workers finding other employment?

I hope the rebuilding is in progress and those who lost there jobs will be back on the job. What a sad situation. I hope no one was injured or killed in this fire.

Damn

That wa a big fire

Never have seen anything like this blaze.

Did they have people running around with sand and salt to mitigate ice?

Two things that made that fire so bad was the wind an no Sprinkler System in the Buildings. When I use to deliver and pickup at the Warehouse I remember seeing no Fire Suppression Systems anywhere. I might be wrong, but I never seen any. that inferno spread like a Blast Furnace. I pray for the Employees.

How many hours Total were crews on the scene?

That's going to one massive final demolition and clean-up job now. Acres of it.

I know this happened over a year ago. I don't know if the company rebuilt, or what they did. But, here are my thoughts, as I watch this, as I'm a professional photographer. I see what the frozen water did on the power lines. Shapes and sizes if ice. The different stages of destruction, to the rest of the plant. I can only imagine all the photo opportunities. I hope some one documented all this, in print.

What caused this blaze?

It happened on a very cold Winter night.

Good job keep up the good work god bless you all and may you always be here with us. Thank you for your help and have a great day. Sandra s 🇺🇸🌿⛑️🚧🚒🚑🚓🆘☕🕊️🌿👍

With how bad the fire was I'm not surprised it's still burning

so sad, no lives lost, but many livelihoods, hope they can rebuild from the surviving plant,

what was the cause of the fire

Great video! How long were you there for?

It looks like the office and storage area was destroyed but the main unit was saved? Or was the entire plant destroyed

did they ever find out what the cause was?

That’s one way of getting out of fucking New Jersey.

Do they have a cause of the fire? You captured this event very nicely. Your videos really make one feel like we are there too.

How many alarms was this fire?

A ma zing ice on hoses, structure, fire trucks and cables. The firefighters are a little frozen ?

I am seeing this Great Video after watching the 2.5 hour Video of same scene from a colleague out of NYC I am very aware you know each other! This video you put together as an interesting during and after work and it is outstanding! I hope you both have warmed back up and stand ready for the next one! I used to live in Cliffside Park so I ask was any northern Bergen County called other than coverage? My playground before I moved to NC was Seaside Heights, which was the bigger fire Demonracer2?

This was devastating. At least no body was injured.

i think somebody was laying down on the job that was no small factory and the whole place burnt down

Was the plant a total loss? Are they going to rebuild at the sameocation? What paper products do they make and what brands would we see? Thanks.

they did a good job saving the parking lot

any ideal on how it started ?

Amazing footage! Now 500 people have to find new employment.

Absolutely nothing left... RIP Marcal 1940-2019...

Do Firetrucks in US not have Blue Emergency Lights? I only see red ones. I think that blue lights are better recognizable because red is already used for brake and taillights.

I am from145 lee st Elmwood park Nj from 1980 to 2008 up hill from macal seeing this bilding like this is heartbreaking to me because this company is a landmark to awer neigborhood and Nj because it was classic weirhouse from the early 1900s of haw it was built the red brick work and the big red sign that light up the sky seeing from rt 80 knowing that it was American company and blue collar Americans was working there macking living wage put food on the table close on there back haveing a pension plan for good retirement i know the firefighters Reilly tried to save the marcal but it was impassable of the wather wind blowing and temperature was below0 it was a said day for Nj 500 union employees out of jobs😞😞😞😞

They ever figure a cause? How many jobs lost, and are they going to rebuild?

Great job dr 2 nice work in 6 degree weather. R they demolishion the site yet. Can you do a list of all mutal aide that went. Also y dont they use the Neptune systems? That would be quick er!!😃🚒🚒🚒🚨🚨🚨🚑🚔🚓👊👌👍✌

Any idea on what caused it or how the fire started

What was the cause of the fire? Thanks for the video.

So awful building could not be saved

I wonder who gets to do the report

Flared back up?

Watch the News Conference on T.V With the Governor Promising to Help the Workers " 😴

What was the cause of this inferno???

What building was this