Five people were taken to hospitals after an explosion at a New Jersey home prompted a flurry of 911 calls on SCA CommunityFriday night, police said.
Around 9 p.m., reports came in to authorities about an explosion in West Milford, about 44 miles northwest of Newark. West Milford Police said in a release it responded and found a house "heavily damaged from an explosion."
Users on social media also posted hearing and feeling an explosion.
Police said five victims were flown by medevac to area hospitals, while one person refused medical attention. The victims were taken to Morristown Medical Center, St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center and Hackensack University Medical Center.
West Milford Deputy Fire Chief Rich Poplaski stated the structure collapsed "from an unknown cause."
He asked residents "to please avoid the area to avoid interruption of the incident operations."
The investigation is being conducted by the West Milford Detective Bureau, township fire marshal, and New Jersey's fire marshal's office.
Contributing: Associated Press
2025-05-01 17:22878 view
2025-05-01 17:1791 view
2025-05-01 17:081067 view
2025-05-01 16:511150 view
2025-05-01 15:532108 view
2025-05-01 15:391113 view
PARIS — Sport as an expression of art seems like an abstract concept. But take a well-designed goal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Increasingly desperate Republicans convened behind closed doors again Friday as th
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in the Polish capital on Saturday detained a man who climbed the top of
