NEW JERSEY (PIX11) –A fast-moving fire tore through a multi-family home in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Sunday morning, forcing residents to flee and seriously injuring one woman who jumped from an upper-floor window.
The fire broke out around 7:30 a.m. at the two-and-a-half-story home. Cellphone video showed flames pouring from the rear of the building as firefighters worked to evacuate residents.
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Miguel Perkins, who has lived in the home for seven years, said he was asleep when an alarm woke him.
“The alarm woke me up, and I saw other people walking around and trying to figure out what’s going on,” Perkins said…