Carteret House Fire Victim Airlifted to Hospital

CARTERET, NJ — A badly burned man was helicoptered to a Livingston hospital on Sunday after a two-alarm fire broke out in the basement of a Roosevelt Avenue home.

The cause of the June 7th fire at 694 Roosevelt Avenue – near Hayward Avenue and down the street from the Nathan Hale School – remains under investigation, authorities said. The male victim was not identified.

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The afternoon fire brought a swift response from Carteret firefighters, who found one of the home’s occupants in the basement where the fire apparently started, according to fire officials and media reports .

The man suffered severe burns and was airlifted to the specialized burn center at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.

Two other people in the home escaped without injury. A borough emergency medical technician (EMT) was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.

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