An 8-month-old and 11-year-old were killed when flames broke out shortly before midnight at a home on Martin Luther King Drive near Union St. in Jersey City, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday.
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (WABC) Two children, and 8-month-old boy and an 11-year-old girl, died in a fire that tore through a home in New Jersey late Wednesday.
The fire broke out on the first floor of the home on Martin Luther King Drive in Jersey City just after 11:30 p.m.
First responders were met outside by a mother and her 6-year-old son, who said two children were still inside the house.
The Hudson County Regional Arson Task Force is investigating a fatal fire that occurred last night at 470 MLK Drive just after 11:30 pm in which an 11-year-old child and an 8-month-old child died. More info to follow. ProsecutorSuarezHCPO (@HCPOProsecutor) February 11, 2021
An 11-year-old girl and her 8-month-old baby brother were killed when a large fire tore through an apartment in a row of townhouses on Jersey City's Martin Luther King Drive late Wednesday night, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said early Thursday morning.