Westfield House Fire Kills Teenager

WESTFIELD, NJ — A teenager was killed following a massive house fire that broke out early Monday morning in Westfield, Fire Chief David Kelly said.

The call for the three-alarm fire came in at 2:46 a.m., and when crews arrived at the home on the 1200 block of Prospect Street, there was already a heavy volume of fire on the first floor, Kelly said.

Three people were inside the home at the time of the fire, and two were able to get out. The third person, who was in his late teens, was found dead on the second floor, Kelly said. No other injuries were reported.

It took more than two hours and more than 55 firefighters on the ground to extinguish the fire, Kelly said.

An investigation found that the fire was accidental, and the exact ignition source was undetermined. The fire started in the first floor living room in an outside wall of the house.

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