Four Children Die In Overnight NJ Fire
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TEANECK, NJ (CBS) Tragedy in Teaneck, New Jersey, as four children die in an overnight fire.
Hours after firefighters responding to a report of smoke could find nothing wrong, a house erupted in flames early Tuesday morning, killing four children and critically injuring their mother.
Two other children, girls ages 14 and 7, were rescued by a neighbor who propped a ladder against the burning home. The children were being checked at a hospital.
The dead children, whose names were not immediately released, were boys ages 15, 6 and 4, and a 5-year-old girl, police Lt. Norman Levine said.
Fire Chief John Bauer said the fire department got a call from the house at 8:30 p.m. Monday reporting smoke in the basement of three-story brick Tudor.
“On our arrival, there was no smoke. We spent over a half-hour checking the house. We couldn’t find anything wrong with the house. We checked all the electrical devices,” Bauer said.
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