Crime & Safety
Bodies Of Elderly Couple Found In Teaneck Fire Debris: Report
Gerald and Rosanne Ryan, both 81, could not get out of the Sherman Avenue house after a fire broke out there just after 6:30 a.m.
TEANECK, NJ — The bodies of Gerald and Rosanne Ryan were found in the debris of theor township home after a fire ripped through it early Sunday morning.
Rosanne and Gerald Ryan, both 81, were killed when their 2-and-a-half-story Sherman Avenue home at about 6:30 a.m., The Daily Voice reported.
Two police officers tried rescuing the Ryans before evacuating neighbors from their homes, according to the report.
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Part of the house apparently collapsed and a house next door that the fire spread to was deemed uninhabitable, NorthJersey.com reported.
A neighbor said in the NorthJersey.com report that he thought he heard an explosion come from the Ryan's home.
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Roseanne Ryan suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and uses oxygen tanks, neighbors said in the NorthJersey.com report.
Two police officers were treated for smoke inhalation, according to the report.
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