Crime & Safety

[UPDATED] Two Families Displaced After Two-Alarm House Fire

Two firefighters were injured in the blaze on Swaine Place Thursday morning, which left the West Orange home uninhabitable.

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Two West Orange families were left homeless as a result of a morning fire in a Swaine Place home Thursday morning, police officials said.

Two firefighters suffered minor injuries at the three-story home at 5 Swaine Place that started at 10:27 a.m., officials said.

The fire was extinguished in less than 30 minutes but heavily damaged the third floor and left the home uninhabitable, a township spokesperson said. The side of a neighboring home was also damaged from the fire. 

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According to a Swaine Place resident, as a precaution West Orange firefighters evacuated the houses closest to the fire.

No information was available on the cause of the fire which remains under investigation.

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Firefighters from West Orange, Orange and South Orange fought the blaze.

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