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Three firefighters and one police officer received treatment for minor injuries sustained during the fire.
On Sunday, March 20, at approximately 9:45 p.m. multiple police units, fire companies, and EMTs crews were dispatched to Mt. Everest Lane for a reported structure fire, police said.
First responders located two victims with severe burns unconscious inside the residence.
When leaving the house fire on Mt. Everest Lane, a patrol officer was driving in the area and observed heavy smoke. He circled the neighborhood and observed a fire on Mt. Juliano Lane.
At the same time, dispatch had received a 9-1-1 call reporting the second fire. Upon arrival, officers were told that all the home's occupants escaped safely, police said.
Due to strong winds, surrounding homes were evacuated as a precaution. The fire department arrived and extinguished the fire without it spreading to surrounding homes. The exterior of a neighboring home sustained some damage, and three vehicles in the homeowner’s driveway were destroyed in the fire. There were no reported injuries at the fire on Mt. Juliano Lane, police said.
The origin and cause of the fire are currently under investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Arson Unit, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Toms River Detective Ryan Parente and Toms River Fire Inspector Kevin Britton.
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