Savana Asay, Junior
The house fire on Carteret Avenue in Trenton, New Jersey raged out of third floor windows on Saturday April 2, just before 7 p.m. Firefighters arrived shortly after the fire was reported and started to take action. Some firefighters climbed onto a neighboring roof while other firefighters charged inside. The fighters inside the house reported the structure collapsing around them, of them were injured and later hospitalized.
When the fire was finally put out, two twenty-year-old twins were pronounced dead on the third floor of the house. Their father was standing outside during the fire when someone told him that two people were still inside. Neighbors said that he immediately burst into tears and said he was worried that his two boys were trapped on the third floor because of their “special needs.”
Two other occupants of the house had escaped, one jumping from a window according to officials.
The Red Cross of New Jersey reported that they had helped nine people from four different families out of the fire. A tweet from the New Jersey Red Cross states, “Our disaster volunteers responded to a home #fire on Mercer St. in #Trenton, helping a family of 2 with Red Cross emergency assistance for temporary lodging, food and clothing needs.”
Later Sunday afternoon, all four of the firefighters were released from the hospital but only one was cleared to report back to duty. One firefighter sustained burns and the other three sustained injuries due to the structure collapsing on them. All firefighters were stable when transported to the hospital.
The cause of the fire is still being investigated by members of the Trenton police, health, and inspections departments, which are all being assisted by county and state officials. The owner of the home said that he prohibits space heaters because of the risk they pose but also because it is against law. The owner also stated that the home is over one hundred years old and the wires are very old, but he also makes sure there are working smoke detectors in every room.
The community is sending prayers to the family who lost their two sons in that fire Saturday night. Donations from “Greater is He Ministries” began to pour in by Sunday afternoon.
No other information has been released at this time.
Photo Credits: Elizabeth Robertson, Staff Photographer for The Philadelphia Inquirer
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer, 3 CBS Philly
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