Three fire fighters injured

JERSEY CITY — Three firefighters were injured in an early morning blaze near Lincoln Park on Oct. 28.
The call came in at about 2 a.m., said Carly Baldwin, spokesperson for the Jersey City Department of Public Safety.
The two-story wooden frame house at 188 Pennington Avenue near Lincoln Park was apparently vacant although fire fighters said there were squatters inside who fled when the fire broke out.
A fire fighter who entered the front door fell into a hole in the floor – a problem that plagues a number of abandoned buildings, Baldwin said.
“He suffered injuries to his shoulder and back,” she said. “He was treated at Jersey City Medical Center and released.”
Two other fire fighters suffered burns, were brought to JCMC, before being transfer for treatment at the St. Barnabas Burn Unit in Livingston and later released.
The three alarm fire caused the roof of the building to partially collapse. The fire also spread to a neighboring house and displaced on reside there.