Fire engulfs New Jersey apartment complex, Indians homeless

July 11, 2012 11:17

A massive fire completely gutted two buildings at Woodbridge, New Jersey apartment complex on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze started just after 3 pm, and quickly spread through buildings 36 and 37 at 305 Village Drive, authorities say. It's not clear how it started, but it appears it began in one unit in building 36.

A common roof enabled the blaze to spread quickly and prolonged the burn time, fire officials said. It quickly reached nine alarms, bringing 200 firefighters to the scene. Fifty units were destroyed in the blaze, leaving at least 100 people homeless, many of whom were Indians.
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