Chris Sheldon
nj.com
(MCT)
Two people died in an early Sunday morning house fire in Readington Township, according to a statement from the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office.
The names of the people who died were not released by the office as authorities had not yet notified their next of kin.
The fire broke around shortly before 6 a.m. in a home on Flemington-Whitehouse Road in the Whitehouse Station section of town, officials said.
The road was closed in both directions between Dreahook and Edgewood roads for several hours as crews continued to battle the blaze.
The fire remained under investigation by theHunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office’s Arson Task Forceand the Readington Township Police Department.
Anyone with information was asked to contact Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Bryan Hanley at (908)-284-6172 or Readington Township Police Department Detective Jason Phares at (908) 534-4031.
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