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- Authorities have released new information about the cause of an explosion at a Atlantic County home that killed four people earlier this month. No further details on the victims have been released by police, including their relationship. Four other people were in the house at the time of the explosion -- a 2.5-year-old boy, a 3.5-year-old girl, a 52-year-old man and a 73-year-old man, DeCesari said. A young child and a teenager also suffered burn injuries in the explosion, police said. Authorities have not released the victims’ names or said whether they are related. When crews arrived, there was heavy fire coming from the camping trailer that was located in a yard near a house.
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(AP) — The body of a fourth victim has been found following an explosion and fire that destroyed a New Jersey house and seriously injured two children, who were pulled from the fire by civilians, authorities said. West Milford Deputy Fire Chief Rich Poplaski said the structure collapsed as a result of an "unknown cause," northjersey.com reported. An Urban Area Search Initiative Task Force responded to the scene, police said, along with multiple fire departments. Five people were transported to hospitals after an explosion at a home in New Jersey on Friday night, police said. The victims' conditions were unknown as of Saturday morning, CBS New York reported.
Man runs into burning home to rescue neighbors in Pa. community
"There's people that burn a fire and little fire pits, maybe something caught on fire, but not an entire house," said neighbor Logan Lambert. The homeowner told WJZ that she and her children were not home when this happened. On Banker Road in West Milford, located 20 miles outside of New York City. Photos from the scene show the house in pieces, with rescue crews searching through the rubble.
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Pryce also said the house that exploded is a two-family unit with an apartment in the garage. Officials say as many as five people may be trapped in the debris. A doorbell security camera at a neighboring home captured the exploding giant fireball destroying the house. “Live in the neighborhood it shook the whole neighborhood the house was just bought and in the process of being remodeled,” he later claimed. “House just exploded in my neighborhood shook the f—k out of the whole neighborhood like an earthquake,” resident Anthony Green posted on X, formally known as Twitter. The cause of the explosion is unknown as officials said the investigation is ongoing.
6 rescued after explosion levels West Milford home; cause under investigation - CBS New York
6 rescued after explosion levels West Milford home; cause under investigation.
Posted: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]
h body is found in New Jersey house that exploded; 2 injured children were rescued by civilians
Both victims were flown to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. A third and fourth body were recovered at the scene Friday, according to police sources. The fire broke out at the home in Buena Borough around 11 a.m. And triggered a massive multi-county response, 6abc.com reported. The cause of the explosion remains under investigation, police said Friday.
Police are asking the public to share any cellphone or Ring camera footage captured prior to or during the explosion. "This is just something that's very tragic," DeCesari said. "This is a small community. Everybody seems to know each other. And when you have an incident like this, it really hits everyone." The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, FBI and New Jersey State Police are also assisting in the investigation, DeCesari said. When the firefighters arrived at the scene, a team of three entered the basement, where they believed the fire was, Keating said.
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Five people were hospitalized after an explosion at a New Jersey home on Friday night, police said. A sixth person at the scene refused additional medical treatment, police said. Police say they’ve responded to several reports of "loud booms" and fireworks in the neighborhood since April, but the complaints went nowhere, and officers were never directed to the home that later exploded. A 2-year-old boy, 3-year-old girl, and two men, ages 52 and 73, were all killed as a result of the explosion and fire, officials say.
Man dies of injuries after Stafford Township, New Jersey house explosion
Video from a witness driving through the area showed flames pouring from the area and spreading to neighboring homes. Several houses in the immediate area sustained damage in the explosion; residents were evacuated and there were no additional injuries, DeCesari said. On another of the officers' body cams, two firefighters can be seen walking a third from the house after the explosion. Someone can be heard saying over a radio, "I need medics here." The three officers were chatting moments before the explosion suddenly happened, causing them to run from the blast. When the officers turned back toward the house, flames could be seen inside the blown-out home and on the grass surrounding it.
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The blast left the house badly damaged, and firefighters were seen treating victims on stretchers outside after rescuing them, reports CBS New York. -- One person is dead and two others are in critical condition following a powerful house explosion in Elizabeth on Wednesday morning, authorities said. Rich Poplaski, the West Milford deputy fire chief, said the structure collapsed as a result of an “unknown cause”, northjersey.com reported. STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (WABC) -- A man has died after he suffered severe burns in an early morning house explosion in Stafford Township, New Jersey, police said. Footage from the scene showed the home had been reduced to debris.
None of the firefighters suffered life-threatening injuries, though two were taken to the hospital to be treated for burns and were released. (AP) — An explosion destroyed a New Jersey house, killing three people, seriously injuring two children and leaving another person missing. Three people were killed and around a dozen others remain missing after an explosion early on Saturday morning at a block of flats on the island of Jersey, off the coast of northern France. While at the scene, a male reported having burn injuries and was taken to the hospital for further treatment.
"BG&E came around and was probing all the areas and all the houses and then they didn't find anything what they said," Michael added. Neighboring homes were dusted with ash and a fence behind the home was partially melted. Upon their arrival, crews found the home engulfed in flames and requested a 2nd-alarm alert to be sent out. Staggering aerial images of the scene show the home reduced to rubble as emergency personnel surrounded the area. “[The] scene is still active with limited information other than six patients were transported to area hospitals,” PIO/Deputy Chief Rich Poplaski told North Jersey.com.
The injured were transported to the hospital by helicopter, West Milford police said in a statement. The explosion is under investigation by West Milford detectives and the fire marshal’s offices from the town and state, police said. West Milford is located about 33 miles (53km) north of Morristown, New Jersey, and 48 miles (77km) north-west of New York City. The explosion is under investigation by West Milford detectives and the fire marshal's offices from the town and state, police said.
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