The blaze was contained to a second-floor bedroom.
NEWFIELD -- Three residents were injured in a Sunday evening house fire, officials said.
Emergency crews, including Newfield police, fire department and ambulance corps, responded to a duplex in the 300 block of Catawba Avenue shortly before 9:30 p.m., where they found a fire in a second-floor bedroom.
Crews quickly contained and extinguished the blaze, according to Newfield Fire Department officials.
All tenants were able to escape the home, but a man and a juvenile were transported to Inspira Medical Center Elmer for smoke inhalation, Newfield police said.
County officials indicated that one of those victims also suffered burns to his hands and a third victim suffered hand burns.
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Newfield Fire Department was assisted by Forest Grove and Malaga fire companies.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Gloucester County Fire Marshal's Office.
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