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Woman Leaps From Roof To Escape Newark House Fire, 2 Families Displaced Woman Leaps From Roof To Escape Newark House Fire, 2 Families Displaced
Woman Leaps From Roof To Escape Newark House Fire, 2 Families Displaced A woman jumped from the roof of a Newark home in a fire that displaced two families Friday morning. Flames and smoke were coming out of the top floor window the 2.5-story home at 384 South 19th St., when firefighters arrived around 9:20 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. A woman inside the home jumped from the roof to safety, and was transported to University Hospital for treatment.  No other injuries were been reported. The fire was considered under control just before 9:45 a.m., displacing two families comprised four adults and two children, Ambrose s…

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by Cecilia Levine
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2 Families Displaced, Firefighter Falls Through Floor In Newark Blaze 2 Families Displaced, Firefighter Falls Through Floor In Newark Blaze
2 Families Displaced, Firefighter Falls Through Floor In Newark Blaze Two families were displaced and one firefighter injured in an early-morning fire Friday that tore through a Newark home. Firefighters responded to the 3-story wood frame home at 382 Leslie St., where a kitchen fire had spread to the second and third floors around 6 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. A second alarm was called around 6:30 a.m., with some 90 firefighters in total working to knock down the blaze. One firefighter was injured after falling through the floor and suffering a knee injury. He was treated at the scene by EMS, Ambrose said. The fire was…

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by Cecilia Levine
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KNOW HIM? Police Seek ID For Squatter Believed To Have Set 3-Alarm Newark Fire KNOW HIM? Police Seek ID For Squatter Believed To Have Set 3-Alarm Newark Fire
Know HIM? Police Seek ID For Squatter Believed To Have Set 3-Alarm Newark Fire Police in Newark are seeking the public's help identifying a man they say may have sparked a house fire that sent a teenage boy to the hospital and displaced a family last week. Video footage shows a man believed to be a squatter leaving a South 11th Street home just before the blaze broke out around 11:05 a.m. Dec. 18, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The black male is seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, green coat, dark pants and black boots, Ambrose said. The fire in the 2-story home climbed to three alarms in less than 20 minutes, and spread to a…

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by Cecilia Levine