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Officials: Man killed, 4 firefighters injured in 3-alarm fire in Trenton

Published  January 3, 2019 4:59pm EST
U.S.
FOX 29 Philadelphia

TRENTON, NJ (WTXF) - A man was found dead after a fire tore through a Trenton home early Thursday morning, according to officials. Four firefighters were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after battling the 3-alarm fire.

Officials say the inferno happened at a refurbished 100 year old apartment building on the 900 block of West State Street.

"The older units have drier wood, which allows the fire to expand and spread that much quicker," said deputy fire Chief Tony Moran.

According to officials, each apartment unit was hard-wired with interconnected smoke detectors which helped alert residents to evacuated the building before the fire spread.

The fire took six hours to get under control. Officials are investigating the cause of the fire.