Multiple People Hurt, Including Children, as Inferno Devours Home in New Jersey: Witnesses

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What to Know

  • Chopper 4 footage showed a heavily charred and damage home; smoke billowed from the roof and sides of the building

  • People were seen gathering on the roofs of nearby buildings to watch the major emergency response unfold

  • A cause of the blaze is under investigation

Multiple people, including children, appear to have been hurt in a raging fire that consumed a home in New Jersey Friday, according to footage and witnesses from the scene. 

The fire broke out at a house on 25th Street in Union City before 9 a.m. Fire officials confirmed an “active scene” but had no further details. By 10 a.m., the blaze had escalated to five alarms, which calls for a huge emergency presence and nearly two dozen fire engines. 

Witnesses told News 4 it appeared multiple kids had been hurt. A shaken neighbor said she saw children on stretchers and parents crying nearby. There was no official confirmation on any injuries or how serious they may have been.

Chopper 4 footage showed a heavily charred home. Black covered all the windows as smoke billowed from the roof and sides of the house. People were seen gathering on the roofs of neighboring buildings to watch the response unfold.

A cause of the fire is under investigation. The prosecutor’s office said to avoid 25th Street near Bergenline and New York avenues.





Source : Nbcnewyork