25 People Displaced, 3 Injured in Newark Home Fire
I’ll never forget the first images I saw of the fire in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood. A four-alarm blaze ripped through a nine-unit residential building on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard just before 11 a.m. on Sunday, leaving 25 residents suddenly without homes and two firefighters injured.
Flames shot into the sky, and thick black smoke blanketed the street, turning a quiet morning into a scene of chaos.
Walking through the reports, I could feel the panic residents must have experienced. People were running out with whatever they could grab, some clutching their pets tightly, others just holding onto hope. Neighbors nearby jumped in, banging on doors and windows to alert everyone inside—a true reminder of how community action can save lives in moments of crisis…