Prosecutor: Apartment fire kills man in Franklin Township
By: News 12 Staff Nov 15, 2019, 3:11am Updated on: Nov 15, 2019
An afternoon apartment fire in Somerset County left one man dead, according to the county prosecutor’s office.
Authorities say that the fire started just after 1:30 p.m. Thursday on Hempstead Drive in Franklin Township. Firefighters were able to get the man out of the apartment unit and took him to a trauma center, but he died from his injuries.
The man’s identity was not released.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.