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Firefighters Beat Down Raging 2-Alarm House Fire in Newark's South Ward; Several Families Displaced

Newark New Jersey

A raging 2-alarm house fire that broke out this evening in the 200 block of Schulyer Ave. sent firefighters to the scene where heavy fire was seen blazing from the top floor of the two and a half story house. 

Crews arrived to 217 Schuyler Ave shortly before 6 p.m. where flames ripped through the second floor  and the roof of the house. It took firefighters under an hour to bring the blaze under control. 

About three families including four children were relocated by the American Red Cross. 

There were no injuries reported.  

The cause of the blaze is under investigation. 

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