2 Homes Destroyed In Hackettstown Fire

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ — Two homes were destroyed in a Saturday afternoon fire, the Hackettstown Police Department said.

The fire began around 3 p.m. at 311 Grand Ave in Hackettstown. Fire and smoke were coming out of the building, police said, and the flames spread to 313 Grand Street next door.

All residents of both buildings were evacuated before police arrived; five people were displaced as a result of the flames. Hackettstown Office of Emergency Management and the American Red Cross helped find them temporary housing.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, police said.

Hackettstown Police, Hackettstown Fire, Department and the Hackettstown Rescue Squad all responded.

Hackettstown Detective Bureau, Hackettstown Fire Police, Hackettstown Department of Public Works, Mansfield Township Police Department, Warren County Fire Marshal, Mount Olive Township Fire Marshal, Mansfield Township Rescue Squad, Independence Township Fire Department, Tri-County Fire Company, Washington Boro Fire Department, Budd Lake Fire Department, Netcong Fire Department, Jersey Central Power and Light and Elizabethtown Gas assisted at the scene.

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