UPDATE: Victims Identified In Fatal Union County House Fire

UPDATE:

The two victims killed in a fatal Elizabeth house fire Sunday have been identified as Cynthia Johnson, 65, and Russell Johnson, 85.

“Elizabeth Fire Department units rushed to the 1100 block of Fairmount Avenue in Elizabeth Sunday evening to find the two victims unresponsive inside a burning home,” acting Union County Prosecutor Grace H. Park stated. “They were transported to Trinitas Regional Medical Center, where both were pronounced dead.”

The fire that resulted in the deaths of Cynthia and Russell Johnson is currently under investigation, however the cause appears to have been electric in nature, Prosecutor Park announced Monday. Both deaths have been ruled accidental. Autopsies performed Monday determined that both victims died from smoke inhalation.

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Two are dead after more than 80 firefighters struggled to extinguish a three-alarm house fire in Elizabeth Sunday.

Firefighters arrived on the scene shortly after 6 p.m. to find heavy flames bursting out of the second floor of the Fairmount Avenue home, CBS New York reports.

A man and a woman were pulled from the home by firefighters and rushed to Trinitas Hospital where they died from their injuries, according to Eyewitness News.

Two firefighters were also treated for injuries sustained in the blaze. Unable to contain the flames to one house, fire crews worked all night to put out any hot spots.

This is a developing story. More information will be reported as updates become available.

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