By John S. Clayton
NJ.com
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. — Three firefighters were injured and 16 residents were displaced Tuesday morning following a three-alarm fire on Grove Street in Perth Amboy, officials said.
The fire, which was first reported at 3:07 a.m., started in the basement of a two-story, multi-family home on 365 Grove Street, said Perth Amboy Fire Chief David Volk. It took crews more than four hours to place the fire under control.
One firefighter suffered serious injuries, Volk said, after he got trapped on the second floor and had to be rescued by one of the ladder crews on site. The firefighter was airlifted to Saint Barnabas Medical Center for treatment of possible burns and smoke inhalation. Volk added the firefighter’s injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
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