Newark firefighters swiftly knocked down a fast-moving basement fire that ignited inside a home in Newark this morning -Sunday-.
Fire broke out inside the two and a half story house located in the 800 block of South 18th Street at approximately 4:15 a.m. sending firefighters to the scene where they arrived to find flames coming from the basement level of the homes.
Crews made entry into the residence where a search for trapped and injured occupants came back negative.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.