Arson Not Suspected In Fatal Fair Lawn Blaze

There is no indication of arson caused the fatal fire at a Fair Lawn group home early Tuesday morning, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said.

The fire at 23-10 Berkshire Road started in an upstairs bedroom, Molinelli said.

Four residents in their 50s and 60s lived in the group home run by the Alliance Against Homelessness, police said. Two were killed and two were injured.

A Fair Lawn police officer suffered broken leg rescuing one of the survivors.

Four police officers who were first at the scene found flames shooting out of a second floor window and a woman screaming for help, CBS2 reported.

Police officers used a discarded bed frame as a ladder to get to the room and reach the woman, the report stated.