News 12 Staff
Updated on:Jan 20, 2021, 1:17pm EST
Woodbridge PIO John Hagerty says a house fire in Avenel has
left one person dead.
The fire happened around 9:12 a.m. at the single family
residential property at 88 S. Inman Ave.
The Avenel Fire Department, as well as the Woodbridge Police
Department, responded after initial reports said the family was trapped in the
building.
Officials were able to get the family out with the
exception of a 21-year-old male. After the fire was extinguished, the male
was located in the basement and pronounced deceased.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.