WNYW-TV
A MAJOR FIRE INVOLVING TWO APARTMENT BUILDINGS broke out at 5:30 am this morning (Monday) in Harrison, New Jersey (Newark area). Harrison Fire Chief Thomas Dolaghan said the fire appeared to start near the top of one of the 4-story buildings and spread quickly to the exposure on side 2 that was separated only by a narrow alleyway. This early aerial video from WNYW-TV shows the fire just as it’s spreading to the second building:
At least 18 families were evacuated from the fire building and the two exposures. Apparently everybody was able to escape safely and without injury. The fire was soon upgraded to three alarms and brought in FD’s from six neighboring communities. The fire is reported to be out at the time of this posting, but units will be on the scene mopping up for quite a while yet.
The Associated Press filed this raw video from WABC-TV that captures the partial collapse of the primary fire building:
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