BLOOMINGDALE — A 39-year-old father of two has been fired from his job at NJ Transit for burning a Quran at the site of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, according to a report on NYDailyNews.com.

Derek Fenton of Bloomingdale worked for the agency for 11 years as a train conductor and later an assistant train-consist coordinator, the report said. Pictures of Fenton setting pages of the Muslim holy book on fire appeared in newspapers Monday.

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