Fire forces evacuations, damages home in Trenton, New Jersey

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Friday, October 13, 2017
Fire damages home in Trenton
Fire damages home in Trenton: Matt O'Donnell reports during Action News at 6 a.m. on October 13, 2017.

TRENTON, N.J. (WPVI) -- A two-alarm fire damaged a vacant house in Trenton.

The blaze broke out at 3 a.m. Friday in the 1000 block of South Broad Street.

Crews arrived to find flames shooting from the second and third floors.

The back of the house had collapsed.

"The fire building was a vacant structure," said Trenton Fire Dept. Battalion Chief Todd Willever. "The attached exposures were both occupied, and both evacuated safely. All occupants evacuated."

Firefighters declared the blaze under control in less than an hour.

There were no reports of injuries.

Fire investigators were working to pinpoint the cause.

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