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7-year-old boy who died in Newark house fire ‘always wanted to have fun’
Updated 3:45 PM;
Today 3:45 PM
Saahir Keiron Hartfield died in a Newark house fire on April 8, 2021. He was 7 years old.courtesy of Kamilah Richardson
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Saahir Keiron Hartfield was dressed in new sneakers and a durag for a birthday party one year and came outside to show off the outfit to his great aunt. She was staring at her phone instead, so he stomped his feet to get her attention.
“He just put his hands on his hips like, ‘Look at my outfit,’” Kamilah Richardson said of her nephew.
Authorities identify 7-year-old boy killed in N.J. house fire
Updated Apr 09, 2021;
Posted Apr 09, 2021
A 7-year-old boy died in a house fire Thursday on Astor Street in Newark, authorities said.Newark Department of Public Safety
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Sahir Hartfield died at the scene of the early Thursday blaze in the city’s South Ward, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Firefighters found the child’s body on the third floor of the Astor Street residence, authorities said.
“(His) father escaped the home through the front door and attempted to re-enter via the roof” from the house next door, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said Thursday. “He was removed from the roof by Newark firefighters via ground ladder.”
United Community Corp. hosts free distribution event for National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
Updated 10:14 AM;
Today 10:14 AM
United Community Corp. will hold a free distribution event for National Crime Victims’ Rights Week on Saturday, April 24 at West Side Park in Newark from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.United Community Corp.
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United Community Corp. will hold a free distribution event for National Crime Victims’ Rights Week on Saturday, April 24 at West Side Park in Newark from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The event was made possible through funding from the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) through a grant from the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), within the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, to promote community awareness of crime victims’ rights and services during the 2021 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
Official: 7-year-old boy killed after large fire engulfs 3-story home, spreads to others in Newark
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Apr 08, 2021, 8:09am EDT
Newark
Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara has confirmed the body of a 7-year-old
boy was located by firefighters on the third floor during an early morning
Newark fire.
The
fire started around 4:50 a.m. at the three-story residence
at 65 Astor St.
According
to officials, the child’s father escaped the home through the front door and
attempted to re-enter via the roof of 67 Astor St. He was removed from the roof
by firefighters via ground ladder.