Fatal Fire Destroys Cranford Home Sunday: Report

CRANFORD, NJ - A fire claimed the life of one man and destroyed a home on Hillcrest Avenue Sunday morning according to a report from News 12.

According to the report, a heavy fire decimated a wood-framed house located in the 100 block of Hillcrest Avenue shortly after 6:30 a.m. Sunday. Crews arrived to find thick smoke and flames and it required multiple mutual aid units to bring the blaze under control.

According to the report, a man’s body was found on the first floor and his identity has not been released.

Standard procedure in a fatal fire requires the Union County Arson Investigation team to be called in, but the fire has not been called suspicious at this time and the cause of the fire remains unclear, officials said.

This is a developing story that Patch will be monitoring and updating as information becomes available.

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