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Newark House Fire Displaces Nearly a Dozen Residents in the City's West Ward

Newark New Jersey

A fast moving two-alarm blaze swept through a house in the city's West Ward leaving about a dozen people displaced. 

Firefighters were called to the 400 block of South 15th Street at about 8 a.m. where they arrived to find fire in a two-story brick framed house.

About eight adults and three children were relocated by the American Red Cross and city officials. 

There were no reported injuries.  The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

 

 

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