New Jersey
New Jersey senior living center fire leaves 2 in critical condition
EDISON, N.J. — A fire at the Inman Grove Senior Living Center in Edison, New Jersey on Tuesday night left two people badly injured.
The blaze prompted a huge emergency response, as crews worked to evacuate more than 200 from the building, many with limited mobility.
Authorities said a man and a woman who were in the apartment where the fire started are now in critical condition and at least eight other residents were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
Edison Fire Chief Andrew Toth said they initially feared the worst when one of the victims didn’t have a pulse, but, incredibly, that person was revived at the hospital.
“They started working CPR and medics intubated and everything like that, and they were able to regain a pulse,” Toth said.
The town and the Red Cross were bringing the displaced residents to a nearby hotel, while emergency crews were tasked with collecting all the residents’ crucial medications that they had to leave behind.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Firefighters faced a dangerous and delicate situation
Authorities said the fire started at around 6 p.m. on the second floor, where first responders found the man and woman burned and injured.
“They didn’t even have water on the fire and they grabbed the two victims,” Toth said.
Flames and smoke spread through the building, but police and firefighters were able to get everyone else to safety as they put out the flames.
“They had people over their shoulders because, obviously, there’s an elderly clientele here,” Edison Police Chief Tom Bryan said.
Using wheelchairs and walkers, hundreds of residents were evacuated.
Sasha Haymer came to pick up her 87-year-old mother who was led out by firefighters.
“She said she got a knock on the door. It was just, ‘Come out, come out. You have to get out.’ So, she just had to leave immediately,” Haymer said.
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A severe thunderstorm watch looms over North Jersey on the evening of June 12 after days of extreme heat.
Nation Weather Service New York declared a severe thunderstorm watch for numerous North Jersey counties including Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Morris and Sussex among other Central Jersey and New York counties. The watch is in effect until 9 p.m., according to the NWS statement.
In an hourly forecast from The Weather Channel for Paramus, there is a 74% chance of thunderstorms at 7 p.m.
High temperatures reached past 90 degrees in many parts of North Jersey on June 11 and June 12 as a heat advisory also remains in effect until 8 p.m., said NWS New York.
“Dangerous heat is expected to continue across much of our region through today, with several record highs likely to be challenged again. High temperatures are forecast to peak into the low to mid 90s across most of the area,” the National Weather Service said Friday.
A Heat Advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. across the state except for Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem counties.
PHILADELPHIA – Philip McPherson II, a 37-year-old from Riverside, New Jersey, was sentenced Thursday, June 11, to 78 months in prison for his role in a 2022 plane crash in Lehigh County that killed a student pilot, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Sentencing and charges for fatal Lehigh Valley crash
What we know:
United States District Judge John M. Gallagher sentenced McPherson to 78 months in prison, three years of supervised release, a $5,000 fine, a $4,300 special assessment, and $19,530 in restitution. Judge Gallagher also barred McPherson from working in the aviation industry.
McPherson pleaded guilty in October to involuntary manslaughter, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, obstruction of an administrative proceeding, and 40 counts of serving as an airman without a certificate.
The backstory:
Court filings show that on September 28, 2022, McPherson took off from Queen City Airport in Allentown as the pilot-in-command with student pilot K.K. and crashed shortly after, resulting in K.K.’s death.
Prosecutors said McPherson acted with gross negligence, knowing he was not competent to fly as pilot-in-command. He had two prior crashes, nearly a third, and failed a reexamination for his pilot’s certificate in September 2021.
McPherson voluntarily surrendered his pilot’s certificate in October 2021 and let his Temporary Airman Certificate expire in November 2021, acknowledging his inability to meet FAA standards.
He admitted to flying with passengers without a valid FAA pilot’s certificate between October 12, 2021, and September 20, 2022.
Investigators from the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, FAA, and Salisbury Township Police Department worked on the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert Schopf and Special Assistant United States Attorney Marie Miller.
What we don’t know:
Authorities have not released further details about the circumstances leading up to the crash.
The Source: Information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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