N.J. Police Officer Rescues Injured Man from Fire

Feb. 14, 2022

A Jersey City police officer ran inside a burning building to save a man inside who was taken to the hospital with third-degree burns.

By Noah Cohen

Source nj.com

The Jersey City, NJ, Fire Department responds to a four-alarm fire that destroyed five three-story row houses Friday.

A police officer rescued an injured man from a house fire that damaged five homes and displaced more than a dozen residents Friday afternoon in Jersey City, officials said.

The Jersey City officer, who was first on the scene around 4 p.m., ran inside the burning Van Horne Street building and brought a man to safety, according to city spokeswoman Kim Wallace-Scalcione. The man suffered third-degree burns and was taken to a local hospital, Wallace-Scalcione said.

Flames damaged the upper floors of five attached buildings near Bramhall Avenue, according to the spokeswoman, who said the fire was under control as of shortly before 6 p.m.

The fire “may have originated in the top floor to the rear of the building,” she said.

A fire department battalion chief also suffered a non-life-threatening injury, according to Fire Chief Steven McGill. Investigators were working to determine what caused the blaze.

The Red Cross of New Jersey was assisting 15 displaced residents, officials said.

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