Woman Missing, Son Critically Injured In Woodbridge House Fire

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A man was critically injured and his elderly mother remains missing after a Woodbridge house fire Friday morning, according to Mayor John McCormac, Woodbridge Police and Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.

The fire broke out in the 3 a.m. hour Friday at a home on Greenbrook Avenue in the Keasbey section of Woodbridge.

When firefighters got there, they found the house engulfed in flames. Shortly thereafter, the house collapsed.

An adult man was pulled from the burning home and he is currently hospitalized for critical burn injuries, said the mayor. McCormac said information is still scant, but all he could say at this time is that the man's elderly mother remains unaccounted for.

His mother is still missing at this time, confirmed a spokesperson for the Middlesex County Prosecutor's office.

The woman, in her 70s, and her adult son, 53, lived together in the home. ABC News reported the man has special needs and he and his mother lived on the block for decades.

ABC also reports that authorities brought in a cadaver dog to help in the search.

Anyone with information about this fire is asked to call Detective Thomas Ratajczak of the Woodbridge Police Department at 732-634-7700 or Detective Rosario of the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office at 732-745-3289.

The call of the fire first came in at 3 a.m. Friday over police scanners that people were possibly trapped in the home. Here is police scanner audio from 3 a.m. Friday: https://audio.dataminr.com/pro...