A Three Alarm Fire Tore Through Jefferson Avenue in Elizabeth NJ This Morning and a 50 Year Old Woman Had No Choice but to Jump
It was just past 7:30 on a Sunday morning when a fire tore through 470 Jefferson Avenue in Elizabeth, New Jersey, fast enough that a 50-year-old woman had no time to reach the stairs, no way down, and only one option left.
She jumped from the third floor into the rear driveway.
Firefighters found her there when they arrived. She had burns. A broken bone. And she was lucky to be alive.
What Happened That Morning on Jefferson Avenue
The blaze started somewhere near the kitchen, according to Miguel Perkins, a resident who had lived in the building for seven years. He was asleep when the smoke alarm pulled him out of bed…