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Mother, Son Killed In South Jersey Apartment Fire: Police
A mother and her son were killed in a fire at an apartment complex in Burlington Township, authorities said.
Police saw heavy smoke coming from an apartment at Northgate Village Apartments when they were called at 3 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 24, said Lt. Arthur Gittens, a Burlington Township police spokesman.
Firefighters arrived and pulled a man and a woman from the apartment as they worked to extinguish the fire.
Emergency workers attempted to revive the pair with CPR, but Sandra Stevenson, 62, and Eric Stevenson, 28, were pronounced dead at the scene, the spokesman said.
No one else w…
Fire Displaces Camden County Families, Man Charged
A 30-year-old Camden County man was charged with criminal mischief after causing a fire in his apartment, authorities said.
On Sunday, April 23 at approximately 12:30 p.m., Gloucester Township Police Department and the Chews Landing Fire Department (Station 82) responded to the Hilltop Court Apartments located at 1302 N. Black Horse Pike in Blackwood for a reported apartment fire.
Fire Personnel from Station 82, Station 88, Station 75, Station 84, Station 83, Station 32, and Station 65 quickly gained control of the fire.
GTPD and Fire Personnel evacuated the "D building" of Hilltop Court …
