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One resident suffered burns and a firefighter suffered minor injuries in a two-alarm blaze in Bayonne Tuesday morning. The fire at 120 West 44th St., a two-family home, knocked nine people from their homes. The residents are receiving assistance from the American Red Cross. The fire was reported at 11:14 a.m., Bayonne Fire Deputy Chief Bill Bartos said, and when firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke and fire coming from the second floor of the two-story structure. Firefighters used multiple handlines to extinguish the fire, which was brought under control at 11:43 a.m. “Bayonne’s firefi…

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