UPDATED WITH VIDEO: No Injuries in Hightstown Fire

A two-alarm fire on William Street in Hightstown Monday morning drew fire companies from as far away as Manalapan and left behind a burned house but no injuries.

Only one resident was home at the time and escaped without injury, according to Hightstown Fire Deputy Chief Scott Jenkins. "Detective Benjamin Miller and Patrolman Mike Gordy, those two actually pulled a 90-year-old woman out of there," he explained, referring to two  officers. The woman's family has taken her in.

Jenkins said the fire was electrical in nature and began at the northeast corner of the house but quickly spread through both floors and threatened the house just west of it. "The fire actually ripped through whole house," he said. The neighboring house only remained safe because firefighters sprayed a constant stream of water onto it, he added.

While some firefighters attacked the blaze with water, Jenkins said, others cut at the metal roof to ventilate out some of the smoke and heat. The blaze was under control within 40 minutes.

"With the combined efforts of all the mutual aid fire companies, everything went as smoothly as possible," he said. "For such a tragic situation, the ending result was we that we had no loss of life and no injuries to any of the rescue workers. You can't ask for more than that."

The house, Jenkins said, is not habitable and was essentially gutted by the fire. 

Jenkins said he also called Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) and Power Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) to shut off the electricity and gas lines running past the house to avoid a spread of the flames. 

Brendon Coughlin, who lives on the other side of the house that caught fire, said firefighters banged on his door to alert him to the blaze one house over. "There was a lot of smoke," he said. "First the first floor went up, and then the second floor went up."

Mayor Steve Kirson said, "These are volunteers who came out here... The fact is that things didn't spread and no one was hurt; these guys did pretty spectacularly."

Firefighters and emergency medical personnel who responded to the scene included , East Windsor companies and , , West Windsor, Robbinsville, Monroe, Jamesburg, Lawrence, Millstone, Hamilton, Princeton, Plainsboro, Manalapan and Capital Health Regional Hospital.

Crews from Lawrence and Manalapan relocated to the Hightstown firehouse and stood by in case another emergency was reported in the area. At 12:30 p.m. they both responded to a at the in East Windsor to address a problem with a light fixture. Classes have since resumed.

"Everything is fine," said Superintendent Ed Forsthoffer. " The plastic part of a lamp was touching a light bulb and set [the fire alarm] off.  Our crew is looking at the light but the building and all people are fine."

This article was updated at 2:28 p.m. Monday with information from Dr. Forsthoffer about the McKnight fire. Click for more information on that incident.

Updated at 4:15 p.m. to include information from Deputy Chief Jenkins about the resident who was home at the time of the fire.

Updated at 5:29 p.m. with further information from Jenkins.

Video added at 11:55 p.m.