JERSEY CITY - At least 12 families have been displaced after a three-alarm fire tore through two buildings in Greenville last night.
The fire broke out on the third floor of 139 Wilkinson Ave. It took roughly 70 firefighters to extinguish the blaze before placing the fire under control
Newport Cigarettes, officials at the scene said.
No injuries were reported
Tobacco Shop, but all of the families living in both six-unit buildings are not able to return home. Water damage is also likely in some of the neighboring apartments because the buildings are attached
Cheap Cigarettes.
The top right window in the room where the fire began was completely charred out, with heavy damage spreading into the next building.
Smoke from the blaze could be seen from miles away when the fire was first reported
Marlboro Lights. Officials said there were working smoke detectors in the building and the arson unit is investigating the fire.
Firefighters have been busy in recent weeks on the south side of the city, battling at least three other multi-alarm fires since the end of January.
On Jan. 31, a raging four-alarm fire ripped through a home on Grant Avenue
Tobacco Store, critically injuring one man found in the basement
Marlboro Menthol. The fire displaced 20 people from multiple families
Four days later a fire damaged two homes on Myrtle Avenue. Crews spent hours making sure the fire was completely extinguished. Then late Friday night, at least eight animals were killed and three families were displaced by a three-alarm fire on Neptune Avenue.
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