A man was killed and a woman seriously injured in a fire that destroyed a home in South Plainfield Thursday night.
A man died and a woman was injured in a fire that destroyed a home on Florence Place in South Plainfield. UPDATE: Family grieves loss of father, grandfather, great-grandfather
SOUTH PLAINFIELD -- A man was killed and a woman seriously injured in a fire that consumed a house on Florence Place overnight.
The fire was first reported sometime before 9:30 p.m. Thursday. It was fully involved by the time firefighters got there, according to reports in Tap into South Plainfield.
Firefighters rescued the woman, but the man was found dead in the home by firefighters, according to News 12.
The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office and South Plainfield Fire Department are investigating the cause of the fire.
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