THIS STORY CONTAINS NEW INFORMATION Fire broke out in a Jersey City home this morning, resulting in one fatality and injuring several other people. The blaze went to three alarms. Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione told Hudson TV in an email, “At approximately 6:49 a.m., the Jersey City Fire Department responded to a call for a working fire on Stegman Street. Upon arrival, JCFD firefighters observed heavy smoke and fire. Five residents from two buildings (267 and 269) had already self-evacuated. JCFD firefighters pulled an adult male from the second floor of 269 Stegman, the original fire building. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.”
The blaze, which reached three alarms, broke out in a two-story home located at 269 Stegman Street, was reported shortly before 7 o’clock.
The house is across the street from Audubon Park, between Kennedy Boulevard and Bergen Avenue.
Specific details on a cause and the number of people injured are pending.