Fire crews were back on scene Thursday morning in Wall Township after house that caught fire Christmas Day reignited.

The fire originally began Wednesday around 2 p.m. in the Apple Ridge neighborhood in south Wall Township on Peter Court.

The residents made it out of the house safely, but a family pet did not survive.

The fire reignited Thursday morning. Smoke and flames were seen coming from the second floor of the three-story house. No one was inside at the time.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.