Jersey City fire kills 1, injures 7 including children

A fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. in a mixed-use building on Summit Avenue in Jersey City, killing one man in his 40s and seriously injuring a woman in her 40s and two children under 10. The blaze, which started in the kitchen of a second-floor apartment above a laundromat, also injured four firefighters, three of whom suffered burns and one from smoke inhalation. Eighteen residents from six units were displaced and are receiving assistance from the Red Cross. Authorities do not consider the fire suspicious, but the Hudson County Regional Arson Task Force and local fire officials are continuing to investigate the cause. The laundromat was closed at the time of the fire, and all affected victims were found in the apartment units above. This incident marks the second deadly apartment fire in Jersey City in two months, with both fires believed to have started in kitchen areas.