Six Children Among Eight Dead as Fires Hit Two N.J. Homes

Eight persons, including six children, were killed in two separate house fires that occurred within hours of each other in northeastern New Jersey.

A 45-year-old woman, her two grandchildren and a 26-year-old man were killed when a fire broke out Saturday at a duplex in Newark. A preliminary investigation showed that a faulty heater caused the fire.

Four children, ranging in age from 6 months to 7 years, were killed and a 4-year-old boy was critically burned in a fire Saturday night that broke out in a home in Long Branch.