WATCH: Edison House Fire Caused by Unattended Candle

EDISON, NJ - In addition to the two-alarm blaze that left 42 people homeless in New Brunswick Thursday night, a house fire broke out in Edison Thursday afternoon as well. Edison Township firefighters battled freezing temperatures while bringing a Candy Court house fire under control Thursday afternoon. Residents of 40 Candy Court, who were home when the 2:30 p.m. fire began in a second-floor bathroom, escaped unharmed.

With help from firefighters, they also rescued five family dogs from inside the house, Fire Chief Brian Latham said. A lit candle, left unattended in the bathroom, apparently caused the fire. There were reports that a firefighter fell through the attic floor while fighting the blaze, and was not seriously injured, but those have not been confirmed. See a video of the Candy Court fire below, posted by the Unofficial Edison Fire Dept. Facebook page.

There were no smoke detectors in the house, causing a delay in the time it took for the occupants to notice and report the fire, Latham explained. Fire damage to the home’s interior has left it uninhabitable, the chief said.

Emergency crews from JFK Medical Center were on the scene and tents with heaters were set up on the street to keep the home’s occupants and firefighters warm with temperatures in the low 20s.

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