VIDEOS: Firefighters from the Fort Lee Fire Department responded to an active structure fire on Bergen Boulevard Thursday evening, according to officials. The three-alarm fire was reported at the Smile Auto Services Inc. autobody shop. Bergen Boulevard was closed by Edsall Boulevard and the Route 1 South ramp to Bergen Boulevard. The owners of the auto body shop recently got permission to expand their footprint, causing concern to residents behind the building who say living here is too close for comfort. People living in nearly 300 units in Westlake apartments scrambled to move their cars from also being burned up in the stubborn fire. Kareem Shah lives right next door โ so close in fact, he was evacuated as the flames began to melt his vinyl sliding. โI was scared out of my mind because of how big the flames are.โ
