Firefighters battled an early morning house fire that erupted in the 900 block of Grove Street in the township.
Crews arrived to find heavy fire raging from the upper levels of a two-store house located at 936 Grove Street shortly before 2 a.m.
Quick action and response from firefighters noticed one person on a fire escape requesting assistance as fire began to engulf the the structure. Crews were able to safely remove the victim from the fire escape and perform a thorough search of the house where there were negative results for any other occupants.
It took firefighters about an hour to bring the blaze under control with the assistance from Maplewood and Newark fire departments.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.