Three Rescued from Jersey City Apartment Building Fire

Nov. 21, 2024
An arson task force is investigating after duct tape was found over a doorbell camera.

An arson task force is investigating an apartment building fire in Jersey City where three trapped residents were rescued by firefighters.

The fire broke out in the basement of the four-story building just before 6 a.m. and quickly sent smoke throughout. 

A first-floor tenant found duct tape that had been mysteriously placed over his doorbell camera. He looked back at the clips and found someone hiding their face with papers as they  placed tape over the camera, abc7 reported.

Two residents were transported to a hospital, and a firefighter suffered a shoulder injury.

 

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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.