New Jersey explosion: 2 dead, 2 missing and baby critically hurt

Two people are dead and two others are missing after an explosion in a New Jersey neighborhood on Thursday that also left a baby fighting for her life and a teen injured, authorities said.

Two people are dead and two others are missing after an explosion in a New Jersey neighborhood on Thursday that also left a baby fighting for her life and a teen injured, authorities said.

Police were called to a home in Buena Borough at around 10:35 a.m. Thursday morning, Franklin Township Police Chief Matthew DeCesari said in a news conference Thursday night. When they arrived they found a house fully engulfed in flames, as well as a 1-year-old girl and a 16-year-old girl suffering from injuries.

“The residence was fully engulfed when I arrived,” DeCesari said. “All indications are that this thing went up very fast and it was a lot to try to fight.”

Both the baby and teen were airlifted to St. Christopher’s Hospital in Philadelphia, he said, with the infant in critical condition, while the teen was considered stable.

Authorities have yet to publicly identify the two people who died and two people missing. However, DeCesari said there had been a 2-year-old boy, a 3-year-old girl and two men, ages 52 and 73, in the residence where the explosion occurred.