7-year-old boy killed, others hurt in N.J. house blaze
Updated 9:42 AM;
A 7-year-old boy was killed Thursday in a fire that ripped through a home in Newark and injured several other residents, authorities said.
“There’s one fatality – a young child,” said Kathy Carter, spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, which is investigating.
The fire was reported about 4:50 a.m. in a three-story home on Astor Street, according to Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara.
The child’s body was found on the third floor. “(His) father escaped the home through the front door and attempted to re-enter via the roof” from the house next door, O’Hara said.
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A 7-year-old boy died on the third floor of a Newark house fire that left three families homeless Thursday morning.
Firefighters responded to a call of fire at the 3-story home at 65 Astor St., at approximately 4:50 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said.
The child’s father escaped the home through the front door and attempted to re-enter via the roof of 67 Astor St.
Two adults and three children were hospitalized.
He was removed from the roof by Newark Firefighters via ground ladder.
The fire extended to two adjacent residences at 63 and 67 Astor St., both of which suffered minor dire damage through the adjoining wall.
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7-year-old boy killed in Newark house fire
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SkyFox was over the scene of a fire at 63-65 Astor Street in Newark, NJ. that left one boy dead. (FOX 5 NY)
NEW JERSEY - A boy, 7, was killed in an early morning fire at a house in Newark that also displaced two families, police said.
Firefighters responded to the fire at a three-story house at 63-65 Astor Street at 4:50 a.m. Thursday. The flames were knocked down by 5:15 a.m., according to the Essex County Prosecutor s Office.
Details about the response to the fire and where inside the house the boy was discovered were not clear. His identity had not been released.
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