One dead, another missing after house fire in Paterson: Fire officials
PATERSON, New Jersey (PIX11) -- One person is dead and another unaccounted for after a three alarm house fire in New Jersey on Friday morning, fire officials say.
The fire broke out on North Seventh Street in Paterson around 2:30 a.m. and quickly engulfed three buildings, according to a Facebook post from the city’s fire department.
Firefighters saved one person and an animal from one of the homes but their condition was not immediately made known.
Seventeen residents were displaced because of the fire and are being assisted by emergency teams from the Red Cross.
Fire officials say they’re still investigating how and where the fire started, as well as whether the home had working fire alarms.
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