The Grace West Manor building in Newark (Google Maps) NEWARK — Newark firefighters rescued an elderly man from a two-alarm fire at a 12-story high-rise apartment complex in the city’s Central Ward early Thursday, officials said.
Emergency crews responded to the fire around 12:45 a.m. at the Grace West Manor building on Irvine Turner Boulevard and found the man in a ninth floor hallway, according to Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose.
The man was apparently suffering from smoke inhalation and taken to University Hospital for treatment, Ambrose said.
Fire crews quickly escalated the response to a second alarm and had the incident under control by around 1:15 a.m., authorities said. One firefighter suffered an unspecified minor injury.
The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and city fire division’s arson squad were investigating what sparked the fire.
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