Crime & Safety
Man Hospitalized, Arson Squad Investigating After Downtown Jersey City Fire: Prosecutor
Anyone with information on a fire that put a Jersey City man in the hospital is asked to contact the homicide tip line.
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — Arson investigators are probing an early-morning fire in downtown Jersey City in which a man was found unresponsive, prosecutors said.
The Jersey City Fire Department headed to 366 1/2 Seventh St., three blocks from Hamilton Park, in response to a 911 call around 2:10 a.m. Wednesday, said the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.
They encountered an ongoing fire, they said, and then located an unresponsive 57-year-old man inside with serious injuries.
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The man was taken to Jersey City Medical Center, treated, and then transfered to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, where he is in
critical but stable condition.
A preliminary investigation by the Hudson County Regional Arson Task Force and the Jersey City Fire Department determined the fire originated in a bedroom at that address, prosecutors said. They did not release further details.
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Anyone with information is asked to contact the Prosecutor’s Office at 201-915-1345 or to leave a tip at: http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/.
All information will be kept confidential.
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