Colonia Rallies To Help 2 Families Displaced By House Fires

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — On Monday, two homes in the Colonia section of Woodbridge were destroyed by a fire.

The fire started Monday afternoon at one home on Taylor Terrace, near Amherst Avenue, and Monday's high winds caused the flames to jump to the house immediately next door.

While Woodbridge firefighters put out both fires, "unfortunately, at around midnight, the fire reignited" at the second home. This is according to this GoFundMe set up to help the man who lived there.

In the first home, the family's three cats perished in the fire, according to this GoFundMe set up for that family.

Nobody was injured in the fire.

Both families are currently homeless, as both homes are uninhabitable. The home where the fire originally started was completely destroyed, and is a charred shell of itself.

Colonia Councilwoman Debbie Meehan is organizing a donation drop-off from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at the Evergreen Center on Inman Avenue. Residents are asked to drop off money donations or gift cards, all of which will be given to the two families.

Also, all day this Friday, Oct. 18 Ciro's Pizza will donate 20 percent of proceeds from business sales to the two families. Ciro's Pizza is located at 140 Lake Avenue in Colonia.