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Reports indicate that the personnel and equipment resources initially mobilized to battle the blaze were inadequate to the task, allowing the fire to grow and overtake the firefighters.
Tuesday, the firefighters' union is calling a press conference to talk about staffing levels.
The channel at Port Newark is now reopened after the deadly cargo ship fire that took days to get under control.
Augusto "Augie" Acabou, 45, and Wayne "Bears" Brooks Jr., 49, were both killed in the fire Wednesday night at Port Newark.
Two firefighters were killed while fighting a fire on a ship docked at Port Newark Wednesday night.