Fire at Newark home leaves 25 people displaced; 3 injured

A four-alarm fire ripped through a nine-unit residential building in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood on Sunday, leaving 25 residents displaced and two firefighters injured.

The fire broke out just before 11 a.m. at 48 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and quickly engulfed multiple units and sent thick black smoke into the air.

News 12 talked to a nearby resident who called 911 and banged on windows and doors to alert residents to get out. He didn’t want to share his name or show his face on camera but here’s what he described happened:…

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