Double Fatal: Girl, 11, Dies Trying To Rescue 8-Month-Old Baby Brother From Jersey City Fire

An 11-year-old girl and her 8-month-old baby brother died when she went in to try to rescue him from a fire that broke out at their Jersey City home Wednesday evening, authorities said.

Fatal Jersey City fire
Photo Credit: *Courtesy of the City of Jersey City*

Valerie Musson

02/11/2021 8:53 a.m.

The blaze broke out at 470 Martin Luther King Drive — a two-story attached home — around 11:30 p.m., city and county officials said.

The child on the first floor apparently attempted to save the infant sleeping upstairs, Wallace-Scalcione said.

Arriving firefighters found both the baby and girl at the scene. The girl was pronounced dead and the baby was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.

The childrens' mom and a 6-year-old boy able to evacuate before firefighters arrived.

The origin and cause of the fire were under investigation. The cause and manner of death is pending with the Regional Medical Examiner.

Photo courtesy of ABC7.

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