The broke out on in a second-floor bathroom and pushed through the attic of the Washington Place home near Randolph Avenue shortly after 2 a.m., responders said.
Firefighters knocked the three-alarm blaze down within a little over a half-hour and extinguished it a short time later.
No injuries were reported.
Their colleagues from Rutherford and Wallington were among the mutual aid responders, according to initial reports.
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