"I was in the area, heard the call and ran over," Thomas Bischoff told Daily Voice.
A Wood-Ridge firefighter more than three decades, Bischoff is a senior hazardous materials specialist who has worked for the Bergen County Hazardous Materials Response Unit for nearly 25 years.
He also is a Wood-Ridge building inspector.
The fire destroyed one Rutherford house and damaged the one next to it.
Police rescued a poodle-dauschund mix.
No injuries were reported.
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