A HOUSE FIRE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN NEWARK, New Jersey, has left a family destroyed.

Fire broke out in the 2nd floor of a multi-family dwelling shortly after 4 am.  When firefighters arrived they found five residents trapped inside and a sixth on a porch roof.  The victim on the roof and two people in an upstairs bedroom were evacuated safely by the FF’s.

Also on the 2nd floor, they found a young couple and their 6-month-old infant unconscious in the kitchen.  All three were carried out and transported to the hospital where they have since been transferred to a burn center.

The two adults suffered burns over one-third of their bodies and are both still in a coma.  The infant has 3rd-degree burns to its hands and is listed in critical condition.

The residents of the first-floor apartment got themselves out safely before the arrival of the FD.  One of them told the Star-Ledger that the house did not have any smoke alarms.

The full story is in the Newark Star-Ledger HERE.

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