The blaze broke out on E. 16th Street around 6 p.m. in a garbage can between the two homes, News 12 New Jersey reported. The fire spread to both and went to multiple alarms before it was brought under control in about an hour.
A total of 39 people were displaced by the fire, News 12 reported.
A woman suffered a minor injury and three firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion.
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