A New Jersey family of five was tragically killed Halloween night, with two children found dead in the bathroom, after a massive fire ripped through their Paterson home.<\/p>\n
Three children, aged 14, 12 and 7, along with their parents, both aged 38, died in the inferno<\/a> which erupted just before 10 p.m., fire officials said.<\/p>\n The family was found dead in the second floor of the home and two of the children were found in the bathroom, Paterson Fire Chief Alejandro Alicea told The Post.<\/p>\n A family of five was killed in a New Jersey house fire Halloween night. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n \u201cLosing an entire family of five like this is the biggest loss we\u2019ve seen in a long time,\u201d Alicea said. \u201cIt\u2019s not common to have so many deceased. \u2026 It\u2019s a tragedy. \u2026That\u2019s all I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n Three members of the fire department are related to the family, a source told The Post.<\/p>\n Photos of the black charred home show the devastation, with the fire leaving much of the house\u2019s interior scaffolding exposed after burning through its outer layers.<\/p>\n The top floor window was blown out with its frame hanging on by its corner.<\/p>\n Officials said heavy winds contributed to the fire\u2019s intensity. Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Authorities believe the blaze <\/a>broke out on the first floor of the home, and rapidly extended to the second floor \u2014 high winds were believed to have contributed to the severity of the blaze. <\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cIt started on the first floor,\u201d Alicea said \u201cWhen our first arriving unit got there, they reported heavy fire in the rear of the structure. <\/p>\n \u201cIt rapidly extended into the second floor due to the high winds.<\/p>\n The children were aged 14, 12 and 7. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n A fire captain and firefighter were hospitalized and six people were displaced due to the fire, Alicea said. <\/p>\n The identities of the victims have not yet been released, but a neighbor described them as \u201creally good people.\u201d<\/p>\n The home on Emerson Street, Paterson, on Saturday, November 1, 2025. LP Media<\/p>\n \u201cVery good people. Really, really good people, friendly. Every time I drive by, they would always wave. If they were outside, they would see my car, I would beep the horn and I would wave to them \u2026 and then to hear about this, it\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d John Miller, a neighbor, told CBS News.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n The investigation into the cause of the blaze is still ongoing, and Alicea said there is no evidence that indicates suspicious activity. <\/p>\n The Pasaic County Prosecutor\u2019s Office is asking for anyone with information to contact them at 1-877-370-7276 or at tips@passaiccountynj.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New Jersey family of five was tragically killed Halloween night, with two children found dead in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1015,544,57,1066,9,11,10,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-25411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-deaths","9":"tag-fires","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-new-jersey","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}