HILLSIDE, N.J. (PIX11) -- Multiple fire departments responded to Hillside, New Jersey, after a five-alarm fire that began at an auto body shop destroyed a handful of stores and a few homes Tuesday night.

Dahlia Vertreese, the Mayor of Hillside, stated that 20 residents have been displaced and that the fire will likely continue into the morning hours.

"An autobody shop on Conklin Avenue and Maple Avenue on the corner has exploded. There are a lot of cars in there. This will probably be an ongoing fire until the morning. The chief told me this is the second-worst fire in 18 years," Vertreese announced on Facebook.

The mayor is urging residents to stay away. "Don't come here. We had a wall collapse, and the entire shopping section of Maple Avenue between Conklin and Winans Avenue has been

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