BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — A mother and her adult son were killed in an apartment fire in Burlington Township, New Jersey early Thursday morning.
The fire broke out around 3 a.m. in one of the units of the Northgate Village Apartments, located off the Burlington Bypass.
Responding police officers saw heavy smoke coming out of a window and tried to enter the apartment, but they were unsuccessful. They had to wait for firefighters to arrive and get the blaze under control.
The two victims were pulled from the apartment and died at the scene. They have been identified as a mother and son — Sandra Stevenson, 62, and Eric Stevenson, 28.
Police said the fire was contained to the single apartment. No one else was injured.
Several hours later, fire crews started to remove charred debris from inside the apartment.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.