Partly Cloudy 38°
Tag:

Gorge Road, Cliffside Park, NJ

Police & Fire
Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze
Children Jump From Fire Escape In Fast-Moving Edgewater Blaze EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Flames roared at their backs as some children jumped and others were rescued from a second-floor fire escape Monday night during a roaring blaze that blew through an Edgewater building. A group of men with ladders rushed to help get the girls and an adult out of the second-floor Pro Arts Academy Dance Studio on River Road while other youngsters jumped into their arms or fell to the ground, video shows. The children were coming down a ladder when it suddenly slipped and fell, forcing others to jump as the blaze drew closer. Five people were hospitalized with injuries that…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco