One man was rescued and more than a dozen residents were displaced after a large fire in Jersey City on Friday afternoon.
The fire was reported at a three-story residential building around 4 p.m. on 163 Van Horne Street.
A Jersey City police officer who was first on the scene ran into the building where the fire originated and rescued one man. Alfred Bowen, 76, suffered third-degree burns and was taken to a local hospital.
A battalion chief and a firefighter also suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The Jersey City Fire Department said the fire started in the back of a third-floor apartment where the 76-year-old lived.
Leo Balbuena saw the flames.
"I ran across the street and started banging on the door," said Balbuena.
He saw his longtime neighbor, Bowen inside.
