23 people displaced from homes after massive house fire spread in Prospect Park, NJ
PROSPECT PARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- About 30 people are displaced from their homes after a massive house fire in New Jersey.
The fire broke out at around 3 p.m. Wednesday in the back of a home in Prospect Park.
It quickly grew to a four-alarm blaze and spread to two adjacent homes.
No injuries were reported but when the fire first broke out, people were inside the homes.
One man described the moments when he encountered the flames.
"My daughter was in the kitchen, she told me she smells something kind of funny. I went to the kitchen to see I didn't smell nothing. Then I went back to the living room she told me dad I saw a spark. I went to open the door the whole thing was on fire," the witness said.
Some of the windows of the house were blown out.
PSE&G said it arrived on the scene on North 11th Street to shut off the gas.
The Red Cross said it is helping 23 people in five families with emergency financial assistance for temporary lodging, food, clothing and other immediate needs.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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