An early afternoon fire that broke out inside an apartment in Newark has fire officials investigating.
Firefighters were called to the 300 block of Irvine Turner Boulevard shortly before 2:30 p.m. where crews arrived to find thick smoke and flames coming from the windows of a third floor apartment according to reports.
Crews were able to make entry into the apartment where they began to knock down heavy flames inside the apartment.
The building was evacuated and thoroughly searched for trapped occupants.
There were no injuries immediately reported