Woman Injured When Fire, Explosion Rock Wyckoff Home, Officials Say

WYCKOFF, NJ — A woman was treated at the hospital after a fire tore through a Wyckoff home on Friday night, officials said.

"Last evening, the Wyckoff Fire Department was dispatched for a reported structure fire with possible explosion at a residential home on Patton Place," volunteer firefighters posted on social media.

Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said Monday that around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, several people called 911 to report a fire on the 400 block of Patton Place.

" The first responding officer reported heavy smoke and flames extending outward from the front of the structure," he said.

The only person home, a 68-year-old woman, was outside and was taken to the hospital by the Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps. to be evaluated for non-life threatening smoke inhalation and burns, he said.

The fire was extinguished by the Wyckoff Fire Department with mutual aid from other towns.

The fire is believed to have started in a front bedroom and is under investigation by the Wyckoff Fire Prevention Official, Soto said.

"Responding crews conducted fire suppression and ventilation," officials said on social media. "Thank you to our mutual aid that either responded to the scene or coverage."