By Associated Press - Wednesday, October 2, 2019

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Authorities say one person is dead and several others are injured after a fast-moving fire roared through a home in New Jersey’s largest city.

One of those injured was a man who leaped from a second-floor window to escape. A police spokesman says the man is in critical condition with a head injury.

The fire in Newark broke out shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday and was fought by numerous firefighters. It wasn’t immediately clear what sparked the blaze.



The injured people were being treated at a hospital.

Their names and further details on their injuries were not disclosed.

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