Crime & Safety
House Explodes, Catches Fire In South Jersey
A man was airlifted to the hospital after his home became fully engulfed in flames, officials said.
COMMERCIAL TOWNSHIP, NJ — A house exploded and became fully engulfed in flames Monday morning in Cumberland County, police said.
Crews responded to the fire just before 4:45 a.m. on Battle Lane in Commercial Township. The resident — a 60-year-old man — was airlifted to the hospital with "moderate" injuries, said State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron.
A neighbor could feel his house shaking from blocks away as the fire started, he told NBC10 Philadelphia.
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The cause of the fire remains under investigation, Lebron told Patch.
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