Updated: Vose Avenue Fire Extinguished Quickly

Fire officials say a fire at 324 Vose Avenue in South Orange Sunday evening may have been started by a candle.

When firefighters arrived at the scene around 9 p.m., they removed two women and a dog from the smoke-filled residence. The fire department radio initially reported that another dog had died in the fire, but fire officials say they located the dog on the second floor of the residence. The South Orange Rescue Squad crew revived it with oxygen.

The women suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.

Firefighters from South Orange, West Orange and Maplewood responded to the two-alarm fire. 

Firefighters were on the roof of the residence at one point and searched through the smoke-filled structure. At one point, the sound of breaking windows could be heard as firefighters attacked the flames. The fire was under control by around 9:30 p.m.

An early-morning look at the two-story ranch house shows evidence of the night's blaze. There is a hole in the roof, two living room windows now covered in plastic, and a mattress that was apparently tossed from a charred second-floor window. A faint smell of smoke remains. The house is uninhabitable.