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Woman Killed, Man Severely Hurt As Fire Collapses Roxbury Home: Prosecutor Woman Killed, Man Severely Hurt As Fire Collapses Roxbury Home: Prosecutor
Roxbury Fatal Fire Update A 98-year-old woman was killed and a 71-year-old man hospitalized with serious injuries as a fire raced through and collapsed a Morris County home on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 19. The Roxbury Police and Fire Departments responded to the blaze at a home on Mooney Road in Ledgewood around 1 p.m. and found the man had escaped with severe injuries. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The woman was found dead inside the home following “extensive fire suppression efforts,” Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said. The area was closed to traffic late into the evening as crews d…

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by Valerie Musson