UPDATE: 7-ALARM BLAZE ENGULFS EDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY APARTMENT COMPLEX; OVER 200 APARTMENTS DESTROYED AND MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE EVACUATED
UPDATE: OVER 200 APARTMENTS DESTROYED AND ONER 400 PEOPLE EVACUATED, ALONG WITH THEIR PETS. THIEY ARE HOUSED AT WASHINGTON HS AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON RIVER ROAD.
January 21, 2015, 10:15 PM
Edgewater, New Jersey
Firefighters are battling a five-alarm blaze at an Edgewater
apartment complex Wednesday evening. The Avalon on the Hudson complex, at 102
Russell Ave., has been evacuated, according to authorities.
Flames and heavy smoke were pouring from the multistory buildings, and authorities were keeping people more than a block away from the fire.
In addition to the Edgewater Fire Department, firefighters
from Hackensack and Englewood were at the scene. Fort Lee sent at least one
ambulance, and the Bergen County Office of Emergency Management was on the
scene.
The apartment complex is across the street from the
Edgewater post office. it is not clear what sparked the fire, according to NBC 4 New York.