Family Dog Dies In Old Bridge Fire

OLD BRIDGE, NJ — A family dog died in a fire Thursday in Old Bridge, according to acting Old Bridge Police Chief Joe Mandola.

The three-alarm fire broke out just past 6 p.m. in a private home on the 100 block of Wilcox Court in Old Bridge. The residents had left the home shortly before the fire started, said police.

When police and firefighters got there, they found nobody inside, but they did find the family dog had died inside the home. Police say the fire is believed to have started accidentally in the garage.

One Old Bridge police officer was taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital for smoke inhalation; he was treated and released.

The fire was big enough to require a large response from nearby volunteer fire companies, including Cheesequake Fire, Laurence Harbor Fire, South Old Bridge Fire and Sayreville Engine 6.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation but does not appear suspicious in nature at this time, said Chief Mandola.

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