Dozens of people were displaced and two firefighters were hurt after a four-alarm blaze ripped part of a block in Newark early on Monday, fire officials say.
The fire broke out on the third floor of a home on Bloomfield Avenue at about 1 a.m., according to Newark fire officials and residents.
Flames quickly jumped to three other adjoining buildings, torching several apartments and businesses in the process. Each of the buildings was heavily damaged.
Firefighters brought the blaze under control at about 3:30 a.m., firefighters say. No residents were injured, but two firefighters had minor burns.
Twenty-nine people were forced out of their homes, firefighters say. The Red Cross brought in a bus to keep the residents out of sub-freezing temperatures.
It’s not clear what sparked the blaze.
