A fire broke out inside a Palisades Park duplex in New Jersey Thursday evening, injuring one firefighter.
It's not clear what sparked the blaze in the two-family home on the 400 block of 9th Street at about 5:30 p.m. It quickly escalated from the inside, sending flames shooting through the roof and thick smoke billowing into the sky.
The roof partially collapsed, and that's when firefighters had to move from an interior attack on the blaze to an exterior strategy, sending water onto the flames from ladder units outside. They able to keep the fire from spreading.
A neighbor a block away, Issaias Leonor, said the flames were heavy and high.
"My daughters smelled the smoke and said, 'Daddy, wake up,'" he said.
No one was home at the time, according to the family who lives there. The family said they were planning to stay with relatives or friends for the night.
A firefighter had a minor injury after slipping and falling.
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-- Checkey Beckford contributed to this report
