Crime & Safety

Fire on Thanksgiving Displaces West Orange Residents

Two West Orange Residents have relocated to Livingston after their home at 23 Hooper Ave. has been deemed uninhabitable after it caught fire.

Two residents have been displaced from their home at 23 Hooper Ave. after it erupted into flames on Nov. 28.

The fire broke out yesterday evening and the home has become "uninhabitable", according to information provided to the Patch by Township Public Information Officer Jessica Glicker.

The residents are currently staying with family in Livingston.

There are no reported injuries and the fire does not appear to be suspicious, but accidental in nature, according to Glicker.

The fire was contained to the home by responding firefighters and no other homes were damaged.


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