Toddler, Dad Drop From Burning South Brunswick Apartment

A father and his toddler child were uninjured when they dropped into the arms of first responders from the second-floor balcony of their burning South Brunswick apartment Monday, March 7.

The scene of Monday's fire in which a toddler and his dad were rescued.
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First responders in South Brunswick caught a toddler and father who dropped from a second-floor balcony on Monday.
Photo Credit: *Twitter/ South Brunswick PD*

Northumberland Way
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Jon Craig

03/07/2022 11:45 a.m.

Four people were being treated for smoke inhalation and at least 50 residents of the South Ridge Apartments in the Monmouth Junction section of the township were displaced, police said.

Command was reporting that the fire was being fought in defensive mode only. Flames shot out from the second- and third-floors of the apartment complex.

As firefighters arrived, "victims were hanging from the windows," according to reports.

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